THIS WEEK: Wednesday at 7pm The fearless Julia Hartley-Brewer joins Brendan O’Neill for an extra special live podcast Get your tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-world-gone-mad-with-brendan-oneill-and-julia-hartley-brewer-tickets-169866654737 | spiked

“The lockdown in Wales is psychotic. We now have governments preventing us from buying books, banning us from buying flowers. These lockdowns are becoming truly dystopian.” Brendan O’Neill joins Nick Cater on the Menzies Research Centre podcast to discuss Covid and the future of liberty: https://soundcloud.com/user-440518190/47-brendan-oneill-sledgehammer-health-warning | spiked

Columnist Brendan O'Neill delivers a searing takedown of Kneecap, the Irish rap group stirring controversy with charges of terrorism, politicians calling for their banning from festival headlines, ahead of their Glastonbury show. Full video: https://bit.ly/441q19p | The Australian

Brendan O'Neill: 'If we respond like this to every new variant we're going to be locked in this spiral of doom and authoritarianism for a long time.' | GB News

“What Theresa May has done to Brexit is unforgivable. We voted to take back control and yet she has come up with a deal that cedes control to Brussels. History will record this as one of the great betrayals of democracy in modern British times.”‬ ‪Brendan O’Neill on Sky | spiked

The customs union is not some nice, inoffensive part of the Brussels bureaucracy. It is the worst part. It prevents nations from making that most basic of sovereign decisions: how to trade. If we stay in a customs union we will betray Brexit and democracy. Brendan O’Neill on Sky | spiked

Spiked Online ‏Editor Brendan O'Neill says Brexit is now about democracy: 'The overriding fundamental question is whether or not ordinary people can influence the future of the nation.' MORE: https://bit.ly/2QMIZvw #kennyonsunday | Sky News Australia