Podcast Episodes

Starmer vs the basics of politics

Does Keir Starmer have confidence in Rachel Reeves? Kemi Badenoch pressed the Prime Minister on his Chancellor’s future at PMQs – and he declined to …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Morgan McSweeney faces the music

It’s a blockbuster day in parliament today. To kick things off, we had Philip Barton pleading ignorance; to close the proceedings tonight we have a v…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Can the King handle Trump?

King Charles is about to travel to Washington to visit President Trump. The brief? Fix the strained relationship. No pressure!

Can royal diplomacy st…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 26/04/2026

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

President Trump survives another potential assassination attempt, as shots r…

4 months ago

'I used to be Labour. No more.' – who will win Wales?

Is Labour about to lose Wales? That’s what the polling suggests. After 27 years, Wales is seeking change. The beneficiaries look to be the outsiders,…

4 months ago

Is Lord Hermer fit to be Attorney General?

The long-debated assisted dying bill is expected to fail in the House of Lords today – described by the bill's leading advocate Lord Falconer as fail…

4 months ago

‘Worse than the worst of Boris Johnson’ – are Labour turning on Starmer?

Somewhere in the documents surrounding Peter Mandelson’s ambassadorial appointment, the Spectator's political editor Tim Shipman reveals, is a text K…

4 months ago

'When, not if' – who will move against Starmer?

It will come as no surprise that Keir Starmer appears to have heard a very different evidence session from Sir Olly Robbins to the one everyone else …

4 months ago

Why Olly Robbins testimony is 'quietly devastating' for Starmer

'The most gripping testimony' since Dominic Cummings which could prove 'extraordinary and quietly devastating' for Keir Starmer. That's the verdict o…

4 months ago

'They expect us to believe this?' – Starmer’s Mandelson story doesn’t add up

Westminster is braced ahead of two key interventions in the Mandelson scandal. This afternoon, the prime minister will give a statement in which we u…

4 months ago