Andrew Doyle, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss how wokeness is killing comedy, Germany’s crackdown on populism, and the autistic teenager who was arrested for saying a policewoman resembled her lesbian grandmother.

Sponsored by Express VPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked

Get your ticket for spiked’s next online event. Brendan O’Neill will be in conversation with Michael Shellenberger on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm. Don’t miss it: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/

Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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

Support spiked:
https://www.spiked-online.com/support/
Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:
https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
Check out spiked’s shop:
https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/