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Coffee House Shots: Jonathan Hinder on Starmer, Mandelson & a 'bad' local elections (00:34:17)
On this special edition of Coffee House Shots, Tim Shipman is joined by Jonathan Hinder – a rising star of the back benches and a blue Labour acolyte – for a candid discussion about the state of the L...
The Edition: AI will bring down Keir Starmer – if Peter Mandelson doesn’t first (00:43:22)
Is Britain ready for Artificial Intelligence? Well, bluntly, 'no'; that's the verdict if you read several pieces in this week's Spectator – from Tim Shipman, Ross Clark and Palantir UK boss Louis Mosl...
The Book Club: The Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul (00:39:03)
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Caroline Moorehead, whose new book A Sicilian Man: Leonardo Sciascia, the Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul tells the remarkable story of...
Quite right!: the Peter Mandelson problem just got worse (00:21:04)
To hear this week's episode in full, search 'Quite right!' wherever you are listening now. This week: Michael and Maddie examine the fallout from the Epstein files and ask how a story of questionable ...
Americano: who is the real Melania Trump? (00:13:16)
Freddy Gray speaks to the documentary maker Fernando Sulchin – who was behind the making of Melania Trump soon to be released on Amazon Prime – to discuss the First Lady, how the ten days leading up t...
Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas, Mary Killen, Owen Matthews & Patrick Kidd (00:27:54)
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas explains how an AI-generated goth girl became a nationalist icon; Mary Killen argues we should all regret the loss of the landline; Owen Matthews says th...
Reality Check: Andy Burnham, abolishing the OBR & why Rishi was right (00:31:27)
When Andy Burnham put forward his bid to stand in the Gorton & Denton by-election, the bond markets wobbled. What does this say about the state of Labour and their reputation with the markets? Michael...
Coffee House Shots: what should the UK's relationship with China be? (00:16:37)
As Keir Starmer's visit to China draws to a close, Sam Olsen – who runs the States of Play substack – and Times columnist Cindy Yu join Patrick Gibbons to discuss how the UK should manage its relation...
The Edition: Britain’s guilty men, Labour’s reset & do people care about ICE more than Iran? (00:42:31)
Who really runs Britain: the government, foreign courts or international lawyers? This question is at the heart of Michael Gove’s cover piece for the Spectator this week, analysing the role of those a...
Coffee House Shots: is centrism dead? | with David Gauke (00:22:21)
Is centrism back? This week a group of former Tory heavyweights – including Ruth Davidson, Andy Street, Amber Rudd and David Gauke – have launched a new group aimed at reclaiming the centre ground and...
Quite right!: is it nearly over for Keir Starmer? (00:18:27)
To hear this week's podcast in full, search 'Quite right!' wherever you are listening now. This week: Michael and Maddie ask whether Keir Starmer’s grip on the Labour party is beginning to slip. After...
Spectator Out Loud: Gavin Mortimer, John Campbell, Mark Piesing & Daisy Dunn (00:25:52)
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Gavin Mortimer reports on the battle between the EU and farmers; John Campbell explains Lord Haldane’s significance to politics today; reviewing Polar War by Kenneth...
LIVE: Reasons to be optimistic | with Michael Gove, Tim Stanley, Steve Baker & David Goodhart (00:36:57)
Post-holiday depression, failed New Year’s resolutions and battered bank balances: January’s Blue Monday has long been branded as the most miserable day of the year. Headlines warn of ongoing war, pol...
Holy Smoke: the historic value of English churches (00:24:46)
When was the last time you visited your local parish church? Historian and social media influencer Daniel Wilson joins Damian Thompson to encourage more people to visit their local churches – not just...
Coffee House Shots: does British politics reward traitors or faithfuls? (00:21:31)
With the Conservatives on watch for further defectors, academic Richard Johnson and Conservative peer Danny Finkelstein join James Heale to discuss whether British politics rewards traitors or faithfu...
The Edition: Trump's Arctic madness, political treachery & banning social media (00:45:03)
Another week, another foreign policy crisis – this time over Greenland. America's European allies watched as Trump increased the tension over the Arctic territory, only to announce he 'won't use force...
Reality Check: SNP budget – the smallest tax cut in history (00:09:11)
The SNP announced their budget last week promising to cut taxes for low income earners. Could this be the smallest tax cut in history? Michael Simmons has the data.
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Quite right!: Trump, Greenland and the special relationship 'myth' (00:18:40)
To hear the full episode, search Quite right! wherever you are listening now. This week: Michael and Maddie ask whether the so-called special relationship between Britain and the United States has fin...
Spectator Out Loud: Mickey Down, Charlie Gammell, Sean Thomas & Douglas Murray (00:31:26)
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Mickey Down, co-creator of Industry, reads his diary for the week; Charlie Gammell argues that US intervention could push Iran into civil war and terrorism – warning...
Reality Check: who's to blame for Britain's water crisis? (00:24:41)
Thousands of homes across the South East have been without water for four consecutive days. South East Water’s record on water supply interruptions is one of the worst in the sector. Ofwat, the regula...
Holy Smoke: why theocracies survive – with Peter Frankopan (00:24:20)
In the 21st century, the theocratic nature of the Iranian regime – ruled by senior Shia clerics – appears to be a rarity. The constitutional role of religion is perhaps matched only by the Vatican Cit...
Coffee House Shots: what's the point of the Lib Dems? (00:23:26)
As Ed Davey condemned Donald Trump's military manoeuvres abroad, Annabel Denham looked on and asked 'what's the point of the Liberal Democrats?'. Thinking about the Lib Dem's longstanding europhile st...
The Edition: Iran’s useful idiots, Gordon Brown’s second term & the Right’s race obsession (00:42:59)
As the world watches events in Iran, and wonders whether the US will intervene, the Spectator’s cover this week examines 'British complicity in Tehran’s terror’. When thinking about what could happen ...
The Book Club: How To Play A Game Without Rules (00:35:51)
My guest in this week’s Book Club is Joanna Kavenna, who talks about her witty, philosophically riddling new novel Seven: Or, How To Play A Game Without Rules. She tells me about taking her bearings f...
Quite right!: why Nadhim Zahawi (and Reform) are making a mistake (00:22:03)
For the full episode, search 'Quite right!' wherever you are listening now. This week on Quite right!, Michael and Maddie examine Nadhim Zahawi’s dramatic defection to Reform UK and ask whether it str...
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