108: The death of the Great British boozer

Luke Johnson joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, the spiked podcast all about freedom and the nanny state. They discuss why so many pubs are closing down, the galaxy-brained plan to ban cigarette filters and what Trump’s tariffs will mean for the world.  Get your ticket for Brendan O’Neill’s next live podcast, where he’ll be joined by the brilliant Julia Hartley-Brewer, on Tuesday 15 April at 7pm BST. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/  Tom will be speaking at the Free Speech Union event, ‘Policing the streets vs policing our tweets’, in Belfast on Friday 11 April. Get tickets: https://freespeechunion.org/event/belfast-speakeasy-policing-the-streets-vs-policing-our-tweets/ Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/   Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices