Podcast Episodes

Reform's Zia Yusuf in conversation with Michael Gove

At the Reform conference in Birmingham, the Spectator's editor Michael Gove sat down with Reform UK's head of their department of government efficiency Zia Yusuf. They discussed Labour's track record…

Published on 1 day, 1 hour ago

The red reshuffle overshadows Reform

Lucy Dunn catches up with Tim Shipman at Reform's party conference, taking place in Birmingham, to get his reaction to Labour's reshuffle. The reshuffle took place following Angela Rayner's resignati…

Published on 2 days, 6 hours ago

Reaction from Reform as Rayner resigns

Angela Rayner has resigned following the ethics probe into her tax affairs. What impact will this have on Starmer's government? And does this hinder her chances of succeeding Starmer one day?

The Coff…

Published on 2 days, 17 hours ago

Can Rayner survive tax row?

24 hours after Angela Rayner admitted underpaying tax, the pressure remains on the deputy prime minister as Westminster now waits the outcome of the probe by the Prime Minister’s standards adviser. T…

Published on 3 days, 17 hours ago

PMQs: Rayner defended as Badenoch flops

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch faced off in the first Prime Minister’s Questions following summer recess. With the date of the Budget announced that morning, the economy was expected to dominate – wh…

Published on 4 days, 14 hours ago

Introducing… Quite right!

Michael Gove and Madeline Grant launch ‘Quite right!’, the new podcast from The Spectator that promises sanity and common sense in a world that too often lacks both.

Coffee House Shots listeners can e…

Published on 5 days, 1 hour ago

Asylum reform: is Labour bold enough?

Danny Shaw and Tim Shipman join Lucy Dunn for today's Coffee House Shots to talk about the government's reforms to the asylum system. Having worked with Yvette Cooper before, Danny argues that the re…

Published on 5 days, 16 hours ago

Labour's transfer deadline day

The summer transfer window comes to a close today but, as Parliament also returns from summer recess today, the only team Keir Starmer is focused on is his own in Number Ten. The Prime Minister has d…

Published on 6 days, 15 hours ago

How have the 2024 intake found frontline politics?

As Parliament returns from summer recess tomorrow, three rising stars of the 2024 intake join Coffee House Shots to provide their reflections on frontline politics so far. Labour's Rosie Wrighting, t…

Published on 1 week ago

Why Angela Rayner is so iconic

The Daily Telegraph have run a story this week that Angela Rayner may have dodged stamp duty on her second home. But beyond the story, its the photos of the Deputy Prime Minister on the beach at Hove…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago