Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 90! In a week full of political news, Nick and Toby talk about:  -Nigel Farage's decision to stand in Clacton and become the leader of Reform -The many reasons Farage's shock announcement is bad news for Rishi Sunak, including the risk that he'll now have to contend with the Reform leader in a televised debate -Whether Reform can replace the Tories as the leading party of the Right by 2029 -They then look across the pond to discuss Trump's conviction and ask what it is, exactly, he's been found guilty of? And premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes:  -A bumper week for 'far Right' smears, what with Tommy Robinson's protest march, the knife attack by an Islamist at an anti-Muslim rally in Germany, and Jess Phillips's attempt to cancel Liz Truss for appearing on Lotus Eaters -Peak woke, or, rather, Peak Pride, as they must learn to call it this month -What Toby intends to say to Owen Jones if they're ever on Question Time together -And in the Based Department the bar-owner in Idaho who's declared June to be 'Heterosexual Awareness Month' Go to www.basedmedia.org to sign up as a premium subscriber for as little as £5 a month!   This week’s sponsors: Thor Holt  For a free consultation chat with Thor, go to GrowthPresenter.com To advertise to our large and loyal audience, drop Toby a line on theweeklysceptic@gmail.com       You can listen to or watch the podcast at: www.basedmedia.org     Donate to the Daily Sceptic www.dailysceptic.org/donate/     Join the Free Speech Union www.freespeechunion.org/join/     Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing –  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905     Subscribe to Nick’s Substack www.nickdixon.net   Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying him a coffee  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon     Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions.   Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.      Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info
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@Alex Nichols
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Poor sound quality. Not keen on the panned left right sound either.
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@Shaun Spalding
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Poor sound quality this week. Difficult to listen to while driving
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@Stuart Bate
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I tried listening while driving to work, but had to give up after a minute as I couldn’t hear it even at full volume.
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@Jon Yates
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#MeToo
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@Jon Yates
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Poor sound quality - stay away from the podcast studio. Too restricted on time as well.
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@Nigel Sherratt
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TY a bit quiet but OK on my £40 Sony bluetooth headphones, excellent content, zero Cons is target but my MP 'Wet lettuce' Whately will get back in unfortunately. We did throw out all the Cons on Town Council but the replacements, Lib Dems and Labour were even worse of course.
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@Nigel Sherratt
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Excellent coverage of Trump on Viva Barnes Law, highly recommended. Can he get beyond the margin of fraud in the few cities where about 50,000 votes decide the whole thing is the real question. TY suffering from fairly bad case of TDS.
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@Nigel Sherratt
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Crack smoking Biden family testifying now is highly entertaining although Hunter will get off with soft sentence of course.
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@Greg
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Odd with the sound. I was listening on audio and had to switch to video to check that Toby wasn’t broadcasting from inside a box. The Pride thing- it’s certainly being downplayed this year but I detect a deeply cynical motivation to do with conscription. They know Pride alienates the target cannon fodder who have no intention of dying in a frozen trench for the Rainbow flag. So they’re playing it down. That’s the reason.
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@Kathryn
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Had to give up on this 10 mins in I’m afraid. Can’t keep turning volume up and down.
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@Kathryn
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I returned to this when I got home and the sound did improve later in the episode. Nick, get the lovely Rory Jacobs on the case, he wouldn’t have let this happen. 🙂
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@William Raschen
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Good content, but as others have commented, the sound quality was appalling. The audio signal was very muted, and the voice separation was dead peculiar. I want Based Media to succeed (that's why I subscribe), but this is lazy. In passing, is Wednesday the new Tuesday with regards when the show appears now?
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@Al
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Fantastic sound quality this week, notwithstanding the naysayers
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@Harold Scruggs
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Was the work experience kid recording the sound this week? Can barely hear it at full volume. Had to turn off. Please go back to how it was.
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@Adrian
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Why bother using an expensive studio if do the basics of getting the sound right? Amateur level, disappointing...
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@Nigel Sherratt
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In retrospect it was too quiet, improved briefly about 43rd minute. Pax Europa is opposed to political islam (islamisation), a distinction without a difference many people say.
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@Ben O'Neill
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Good ep but the stings destroyed my hearing
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@Michael Jarrett
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Bad sound quality
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@Cathy
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I keep your lovely podcast for my longer run day but sadly couldn’t hear this episode over the treadmill 🙈
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