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The Edition: AI will bring down Keir Starmer – if Peter Mandelson doesn’t first
The Edition: AI will bring down Keir Starmer – if Peter Mandelson doesn’t first

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 …

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The Book Club: The Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul
The Book Club: The Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul

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 Stru…

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Quite right!: the Peter Mandelson problem just got worse
Quite right!: the Peter Mandelson problem just got worse

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…

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Americano: who is the real Melania Trump?
Americano: who is the real Melania Trump?

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 di…

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Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas, Mary Killen, Owen Matthews & Patrick Kidd
Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas, Mary Killen, Owen Matthews & Patrick Kidd

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 reg…

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Reality Check: Andy Burnham, abolishing the OBR & why Rishi was right
Reality Check: Andy Burnham, abolishing the OBR & why Rishi was right

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 La…

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Coffee House Shots: what should the UK's relationship with China be?
Coffee House Shots: what should the UK's relationship with China be?

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 Gibbo…

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The Edition: Britain’s guilty men, Labour’s reset & do people care about ICE more than Iran?
The Edition: Britain’s guilty men, Labour’s reset & do people care about ICE more than Iran?

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…

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Coffee House Shots: is centrism dead? | with David Gauke
Coffee House Shots: is centrism dead? | with David Gauke

Is centrism back? This week a group of former Tory heavyweights – including Ruth Davidson, Andy Street, Amber Rudd and David Gauke – have launched a …

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Quite right!: is it nearly over for Keir Starmer?
Quite right!: is it nearly over for Keir Starmer?

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This week: Michael and Maddie ask whether Keir Starmer’s g…

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