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215 <span class="play-icon rds-50 bg-red"></span> <img class="w-100" src="https://www.spiked-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spiked-pod-SITE-5-1536x864.jpg" srcset="https://www.spiked-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spiked-pod-SITE-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.spiked-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spiked-pod-SITE-5-960x540.jpg 960w, https://www.spiked-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spiked-pod-SITE-5-720x405.jpg 720w" sizes="(min-width: 1260px) 50vw, (min-width: 1024px) 50vw, (min-width: 768px) 90vw, (min-width: 600px) 90vw, 90vw" height="864" width="1536" alt="Think Before You Post: a <em>spiked</em> documentary"> 216 </a> 217 </div> 218 219 <div class="leading-text bg-white on-top"> 220 <a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/topic/free-speech/" class="item-label absolute bg-dark-blue text-xxs white bold caps">Free Speech</a> 221 <h3 class="title-xxs red bold caps less-mar"> 222 <a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/author/spiked/">spiked</a> 223 </h3> 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250 </h4> 251 <div class="post-top rel mar-b-10"> 252 <a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/09/23/andy-burnhams-ministry-of-truth/" class="post-image block rel"> 253 <img class="w-100 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 720 405'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://www.spiked-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2296649025-720x405.jpg" height="405" width="720" alt="Andy Burnhamâs Ministry of Truth"> 254 </a> 255 <a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/topic/politics/" class="item-label absolute bg-dark-blue text-xxs white bold caps">Politics</a> 256 </div> 257 258 <a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/09/23/andy-burnhams-ministry-of-truth/" class="block"> 259 <h3 class="title-sm serif bold dark-blue has-mar over-hide"> 260 Andy Burnhamâs Ministry of Truth </h3> 261 <div class="post-meta text-xxs rel light-grey"> 262 <div class="post-date">23rd September 2026</div> 263 </div> 264 </a> 265 266 </div> 267 </div> 268 <div 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class="block" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 283 <h3 class="title-sm serif bold dark-blue has-mar over-hide"> 284 âPolice would rather screw up a murder inquiry than be accused of racismâ </h3> 285 <div class="post-meta text-xxs rel light-grey"> 286 <div class="post-date">22nd September 2026</div> 287 </div> 288 </a> 289 290 </div> 291 </div> 292 </div> 293 </div> 294 </div> 295 296 <div id="posts-wrap" class="grid c-gap-10 c-gap-20-xs"> 297 <div class="compressed-mobile col-6 col-4-sm col-3-md"> 298 299 <div class="post" data-id="246887"> 300 301 <h4 class="title-xxs red bold caps"> 302 <a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/author/fraser-myers/">Fraser Myers</a> 303 </h4> 304 <div class="post-top rel mar-b-10"> 305 <a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/09/22/the-memory-holing-of-mitchell-and-webb-tells-us-the-bbc-are-the-baddies/" class="post-image block rel"> 306 <img class="w-100 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 720 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