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Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/06/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
John Healey's resignation puts Keir Starmer in trouble again. And Refo...
Can Starmer survive the MoD exodus?
A second defence minister has resigned in protest at Keir Starmer’s failure to fund Britain’s armed forces. Al Carns, a former Royal Marines colonel,...
‘It’s beyond embarrassing, it’s dangerous’: why Britain must fund defence | Sir Richard Barrons
Britain’s defence review is now a year old – but the government is still arguing over how to pay for it. John Healey, the (now former) defence secreta...
Defence Sec resigns: 'Keir can't keep Britain safe'
John Healey has resigned as Defence Secretary. In a blistering letter to the Prime Minister, he said: ‘You have been unable, and the Treasury has been...
Kemi Badenoch's remarkable turnaround
For the second week in a row, PMQs comes in light of a disturbing instance of violent crime. Last week, ministers were recoiling at the shocking bodyc...
What Kemi Badenoch told Tim Shipman
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was interviewed last night by The Spectator‘s Political Editor, Tim Shipman, in front of a live audience at Church H...
What will Keir Starmer's legacy be?
With the Makerfield by-election next week, Keir Starmer is in the business of legacy-building. In a speech this morning to coincide with London Tech W...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 07/06/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
This week, politicians debate the appropriate response to the shocking...
The battle for Makerfield
James Heale is in Makerfield ahead of one of the most consequential by-elections of all time, where Andy Burnham is hoping to return to Westminster an...
Who won the Makerfield Question Time?
Last night, candidates from the five main parties in Makerfield came together for a special episode of Question Time. With four non-politicians taking...
Darren Jones & the missing Mandelson messages
The second tranche of messages related to the vetting of Peter Mandelson to be UK ambassador to the US were released on Monday – the gift that keeps o...
Henry Nowak: which leader has struck the right tone
In PMQs today, Kemi Badenoch strategically chose not to talk about the Henry Nowak case given the sensitivity surrounding the subject. Instead she opt...
Exclusive: Nigel Farage's Desert Island Discs revealed
Canvassing in Makerfield continues at pace ahead of the by-election in two weeks time, so we dispatched Megan McElroy and James Heale to the north to...
How Mandelson continues to haunt Labour
As Parliament returns from recess, the latest files related to Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US are due to be released today....
Why politics hasn’t recovered from 2008 | with Lord Wood
There have been a number of critiques of Tony Blair’s 5,000-word intervention on Labour and the country this week, but none more astute than Lord Wood...
Who has a winning vision for Labour – Blair, Burnham or Starmer?
When it comes to political vision, Keir Starmer’s premiership has been something of a vacuum – and power abhors a vacuum. So cue Tony Blair, who this...
Is it too late for Britain's 'lost generation'?
More than 600,000 16 to 24-year-olds are neither in work nor looking for a job. Youth worklessness is now costing Britain £125 billion a year – almost...
Can Andy Burnham really do it?
Andy Burnham is the man on everyone’s lips in Westminster. As he campaigns to return to parliament in the Makerfield by-election, Tim and James bring...
What did Nicola Sturgeon know?
Peter Murrell, the SNP’s former chief executive and Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband, has admitted embezzling £400,000 in party funds. The guilty p...
Can Kemi really save the Tories? | with Lee Cain
The Labour leadership contest may be rumbling on in the background, but today Coffee House turns to the Conservatives – and whether Kemi Badenoch can...
Which Andy Burnham will we get this time?
Andy Burnham has officially launched his campaign today to be MP for Makerfield (read: Prime Minister). But what does he actually stand for? We’ve had...
LIVE: The Net Zero Debate | Liam Halligan & Lord Lilley vs Bob Ward & Shahrar Ali
For nearly two decades, net zero has sat at the heart of Britain’s policy agenda. Once framed as a clear moral imperative, it saw political parties pr...
The calm before Labour’s next storm
After a turbulent few weeks, Westminster is in limbo. Keir Starmer appears safe – for now – after Wes Streeting’s underwhelming resignation speech, an...
Will the bond markets undo Burnham?
Andy Burnham’s campaign for Makerfield is already gathering pace, complete with Oasis soundtrack to a new campaign video. But as Labour’s would-be cha...
Burnham vs Reform: why Makerfield matters
The by-election in Makerfield is shaping up to be one of the most consequential contests in recent political history. On paper, the seat should be fer...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 17/05/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Lisa Nandy backs Keir Starmer, as ministers resign and potential leade...
'It's an orgy of chaos': Steve Baker on how to oust a Prime Minister
On today’s Saturday shots, James Heale is joined by former Conservative MP Steve Baker to discuss the fallout from Wes Streeting’s resignation and the...
LIVE: Steve Reed on Streeting, Burnham & what happened to levelling up?
In today’s podcast, Michael Gove is joined by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed, at a Spectator event t...
Wesignation: does Streeting have a plan?
After days of deliberation, Wes Streeting has finally quit Keir Starmer’s government. At the stroke of 1 p.m., the Ilford MP resigned as Health Secret...
All eyes on Wes: inside Labour's leadership crisis
Wes Streeting is/was expected to make his move today for the Labour leadership – but does he have the numbers? There was some frantic briefing last ni...
If it’s not Keir, it’s Carns | Mike Tapp MP
In this special edition of Coffee House Shorts, Noa Hoffman is joined by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office minister Mike Tapp....
Starmer says put up or shut up
The Prime Minister is digging his heels in. Keir Starmer has told his cabinet that he is not going anywhere, despite a growing list of MPs calling for...
Keir Starmer’s big pitch is ... more of the same
Keir Starmer has given what was billed as a make-or-break having spent the weekend under fire from his own party.
He tried to strike a more urg...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 10/05/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
The results are in, and it's not looking good for Labour.
How lo...
Should he stay, or should he go? | with Maurice Glasman
As the full picture of the local elections emerges, Labour faces a dilemma: stick with Keir Starmer, or put forward an alternative.
Calls for S...
The local elections winners & losers, in 10 mins
This is your evening local elections update delivered by James Heale, Tim Shipman and Noa Hoffman – all in just 10 minutes.
As results come in a...
Local elections briefing: what you need to know as Reform sweeps the country
It’s results day, and Nigel Farage is the local elections winner – again. A wave of teal has swept the country, stealing Labour seats from Hartlepool...
The greatest political books ever: how many have you read?
It’s polling day! Tim and James take the opportunity to go through their favourite political books ever, fiction and non-fiction. They discuss the boo...
Are the Greens repeating Corbyn's mistakes?
As voters prepare to go to the polls in a set of local elections that could redraw the political map, we examine the ‘outsiders’ on today’s episode –...
Who will survive the local elections?
The local elections are nearly upon us. Political editor Tim Shipman and deputy political editor James Heale bring you the one-stop shop podcast with...