Podcast Episodes

Westminster waits for Donald’s decision

Westminster waits with bated breath to discover whether Donald Trump will ally with Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites. The President called for ‘UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!’ from Tehran overnight…

Published on 6 months ago

Can you 'take the politics out' of the grooming gangs scandal?

Yesterday Yvette Cooper announced a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal after the Casey Review found that a disproportionate number of Asian men were responsible and that governments and…

Published on 6 months ago

Grooming gangs: will this inquiry be different?

Following Keir Starmer's decision to call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper spoke in the Commons today about the 'collective failure' to address questions a…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 15/06/2025

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

The conflict in the Middle-East has entered a dangerous new phase, with Israel and Iran engaging in open warfare. We hear from …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Why is Britain's economy so unhealthy?

The Spectator’s economics editor Michael Simmons is joined by the outgoing boss of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson and the CEO of the Resolution Foundation Ruth Curtice to understand wh…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Israel strikes Iran – how will Iran retaliate?

Israel struck military and nuclear targets in Iran overnight in a major escalation of hostilities in the Middle East has begun further strikes on Friday. Iran has vowed retaliation though President T…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Is Rachel Reeves’s headroom shrinking?

There were clear winners and losers in Rachel Reeves’s spending review yesterday but some of her announcements around capital spending and investment saw her dubbed the ‘Klarna Chancellor’ by LBC’s N…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Spending review: smoke, mirrors and no strategy

There were few surprises in Rachel Reeves’s spending review today. Health was the big winner, with a £29bn increase in day-to-day spending and £39bn was announced to build social and affordable housi…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Labour goes nuclear while Reform turns to coal

Rachel Reeves has pledged a ‘new era of nuclear power’ as the government confirms a £14.2 billion investment in the Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk. This comes on the eve of Labour’s spending rev…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Labour try to silence ‘austerity-lite’ accusations

James Nation, formerly a special adviser to Rishi Sunak and now an MD at Forefront Advisers, joins the Spectator’s deputy political editor James Heale and economics editor Michael Simmons, to talk th…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago