Paul North, director of Volteface, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the worst nanny states in Europe, the benefits of boozing, and the campaign for drug liberalisation.  Get your tickets to the online launch of Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, A Heretic’s Manifesto. Brendan will be interviewed by Andrew Doyle on Monday 5 June at 7pm. Find out more: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/18/event-brendan-oneills-book-launch/  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 

Jan Macvarish – education and events director of the Free Speech Union – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the attempt to No Platform Kathleen Stock, Labour’s war on smoking, and if artificial sweeteners are making us fat. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 

Australian journalist Nick Cater joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hysteria over Coco Pops, George Osborne’s deranged attacks on smoking, and why Australia’s plan for an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a truly terrible idea.  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Find out more about spiked’s internship scheme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns   Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 

Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Just Stop Oil's stunt at the Crucible, the government’s plan for state-sponsored vaping and the genius of PG Wodehouse. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Read Dominic’s Substack here:  https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/  And listen to his serialised musical, Kisses on a Postcard, here:  https://kissesonapostcard.com/ 

Mark Littlewood – director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the laughing-gas ban, the coming crackdown on vaping and the madness of the ULEZ.  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/