Hi, it's Fraser here, Deputy Editor of Spiked. Before we get into this week's episode of the Brendan O'Neill Show,

I just wanted to let you know about a very exciting event that Spiked is hosting. On the 27th of February,

Spiked will be celebrating our 25th birthday. And to mark the occasion, we'll be hosting a party in Central London for all of the people who make our work possible. That's the

Spike team, various contributors, friends have spiked, and crucially, our supporters, people like you

who donate to us every month and allow us to keep doing what we do. If you're a Spike supporter,

a member of our online donor community, you can get your early bird tickets to our event now.

But there are only very limited spaces available, so if you want to join us, please do not delay.

To find out more, you can go to the supporters hub on our website by logging in, or check your

emails because you should have received an invite in your inbox. I hope to see you there.

Now on with the show.

Thank you. I hope to see you there. Now, on with the show. I like to say that misinformation is the new hate speech.

Hate speech used to be the category of speech that people who want to do censorship

would say, well, of course

we're not in favor of censorship. We're in favor of free speech. This concept is now being applied

to op-eds that people disagree with, you know, getting rid of just those awful fact-checking

organizations that wouldn't let you talk about LabLeak, wouldn't let you say anything about Hunter

Biden's laptop. The downstream effects

are going to be very, very, very positive for liberty and for free expression. Hello,

welcome back to the Brendan O'Neill show with me, Brendan O'Neill, and my special guest this week,

Robbie, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me.

It's great to have you back on, and everyone in the world is talking about your country

and your new leader, so I really want to get your thoughts on what's going on there.

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