Podcast Episodes

Introducing... Reality Check

Introducing The Spectator's newest podcast, Reality Check with economics editor Michael Simmons. Like what you hear? Search 'Reality Check' wherever you are listening to this podcast and be sure to h…

Published on 21 hours ago

The inside story of Kemi's first year

‘On the day of the local elections, when the Tories suffered a historic setback, Kemi Badenoch went to the gym and got her hair done,’ Tim Shipman reveals in the magazine this week. Aides insist that…

Published on 1 day, 21 hours ago

Andrew (Mountbatten Windsor) saves the Chancellor

Happy All Hallows’ Eve, everyone – and there is something spooky going on with Rachel Reeves and a property in Dulwich. Yesterday she was leading the news after admitting to renting out her family ho…

Published on 2 days, 9 hours ago

What happened at the Parliamentarian of the Year Awards?

There are a few sore heads at 22 Old Queen Street this morning because it was The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year Awards last night.

From Lucy Powell’s jibe at Morgan McSweeney (and Tim Shipma…

Published on 3 days, 7 hours ago

Who will 'take back control' of the economy?

Kemi Badenoch continues to look more confident at PMQs – although there are always going to be some easy goals when you lead on the economy. Today she pressed the Prime Minister on Labour’s manifesto…

Published on 4 days, 7 hours ago

Migration, the customs union & a £40bn black hole?

There are reports that the OBR will downgrade Britain’s productivity growth forecasts, increasing the size of the black hole facing the Chancellor at the end of the month. This continues the spate of…

Published on 5 days, 7 hours ago

Is the Home Office fit for purpose?

With the news that the Home Office has spent billions of taxpayers' money on asylum hotels – and following the accidental release of the Epping sex offender – Tim Shipman and James Heale discuss this…

Published on 6 days, 3 hours ago

Has Starmer misled parliament? Plus Lucy Powell wins

We thought when we organised this podcast that there would just be the newly announced deputy Labour leader to discuss – Lucy Powell beat Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson by 87,407 votes to 73,…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Caerphilly by-election: 'a tale of two faces'

On the face of it, the Caerphilly by-election result is a disaster, a drubbing and a humiliation for Keir Starmer’s Labour party. A once secure bastion of the Welsh Labour heartlands fell without a s…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

What’s inside Farage’s brain?

With every new poll predicting a Reform win at the next general election, the party continues its preparation for government. James Heale joins Oscar Edmondson and Tim Shipman to talk about his artic…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago