Podcast Episodes

Inside the 'Your Party' meltdown

Who would have thought it? Jeremy Corbyn’s insurgent party co-venture with Zarah Sultana seems to have imploded before it even got going. On Thursday, 'Your Party' supporters received an email from Z…

Published on 3 months ago

Trump’s state visit was a ‘news bonanza’

Donald Trump has been in the UK this week on an unprecedented second state visit – an honour that he said last night at a state dinner he ‘hopes’ is reserved only for him, to much amusement in the ro…

Published on 3 months ago

Andy Burnham’s ‘fantasy politics’

Donald Trump might be in the UK for the state visit, but it’s Labour pains that are dominating the headlines and, predictably, there is a typical northern lad who thinks he could be just what the par…

Published on 3 months ago

Will Trump's state visit save Starmer?

Keir Starmer has lost another aide, MPs are debating what the Prime Minister knew about Mandelson's links to Epstein and a new poll has Lucy Powell as the favourite to win Labour's deputy leadership …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Why Danny Kruger’s defection to Reform matters

The big news in Westminster today is that there has been another defection to Reform. But this time it feels slightly different: a front bench Tory with a CV that spans multiple Tory leaders and a nu…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/09/2025

Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.

It feels like an unnervingly normal week for this Labour government, with another sacking set against the backdrop of an anti-…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

What does Trump want from his state visit?

Donald Trump touches down in Britain next week for his state visit and political editor Tim Shipman has the inside scoop on how No. 10 is preparing. Keir Starmer’s aides are braced for turbulence; ‘t…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Will Mandelson bring down McSweeney?

The fallout from Lord Mandelson's sacking continues. All eyes are now on Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney – could he take the fall for Mandelson's appointment? As Whitehall editor of th…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Prince of Darkness sacked (again)

Another week, another departure.

Conservative MP Neil O'Brien – who serves in the shadow cabinet as minister for policy renewal and development – was granted an urgent question in Parliament this mor…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Badenoch skewers Starmer over Mandelson’s Epstein link

Kemi Badenoch has just skewered Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on the topic of Peter Mandelson’s association with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. 

Badenoch learned from her mista…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago