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Keir's worst week – but Kemi's best?
The sun is setting on Keir Starmer’s worst week in No. 10 – but potentially Kemi’s best. We go into the weekend with MPs publicly calling for his mos…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Could the herd move on Starmer?
James Heale, Tim Shipman and Oscar Edmondson discuss the continuing fallout over the Mandelson scandal. The mood amongst Labour MPs is pretty dire – …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Mandelson scandal could spell the end for Starmer
Another impressive PMQs from Kemi Badenoch – but she had plenty of ammunition to deploy after the Peter Mandelson scandal took a bleaker turn this we…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Gorton & Denton by-election: everything you need to know
Coffee House Shots is on the road today. James Heale and Megan McElroy have travelled up to the frozen north to speak to the candidates who are lobby…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
What next for Peter Mandelson?
It is one of the staple headlines of British politics: Peter Mandelson has resigned. The so-called Prince of Darkness was sacked as US ambassador las…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 01/02/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
More Epstein files bring Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson back…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How should the UK manage its relationship with China?
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…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Rayner vs Streeting – and what is 'active government'?
In his column this week, Tim Shipman has finally hit upon an answer to the age-old question: what is Starmerism? After a concerted effort from his te…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Is centrism dead? | with David Gauke, vice-chair of Prosper UK
Is centrism back? This week a group of former Tory heavyweights – including Ruth Davidson, Andy Street, Amber Rudd and David Gauke – have launched a …
9 months ago
Breaking news: Lammy was good at PMQs
It is our solemn duty to inform listeners that David Lammy won deputy PMQs at a canter today. To be frank, it was a low-rent affair. Andrew Griffith …
9 months ago