Podcast Episodes

Quite right! Episode 2, out now

Michael Gove and Madeline Grant return with another episode of Quite right!, The Spectator’s new podcast promising sanity and common sense in an increasingly unhinged world. This week, they talk abou…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Will Shabana stop the boats?

With the announcement yesterday that the government would be prepared to suspend visas for countries that don’t cooperate with the UK over deportations, has Shabana Mahmood shown she has what it take…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Reform conference review: is this 'British MAGA'?

Reform UK’s annual conference wrapped up this weekend – and it was anything but dull. From Andrea Jenkyns belting out her original song ‘I’m an Insomniac’ on stage to Nigel Farage trying to keep a so…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 07/09/2025

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

Reform are having fun at their conference, while Labour struggle with crises inside and outside the party. Meanwhile, Kemi Bad…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 2 weeks ago