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How the Liberal Democrats conquered Middle England
The Liberal Democrats’ foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller, elected as the new MP for Bicester and Woodstock last year, joins James Heale to ta…
1 year, 6 months ago
10 years of politics as Balls bows out
Katy Balls joins Coffee House Shots for the last time as the Spectator’s political editor. Having joined the magazine ten years ago – or six prime mi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Labour Together? Party morale & the threat of Reform
Former Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth and Patrick Maguire from The Times join Katy Balls for her penultimate Coffee House Shots podcast as The Spectator…
1 year, 6 months ago
How Wes Streeting will make or break Starmer
Michael Gove and Katy Balls join James Heale to discuss their interview with the Health Secretary Wes Streeting included in this week’s special Easte…
1 year, 6 months ago
How will the parties judge success at the local elections?
With just over two weeks to go until the May elections, the latest national polling suggests an almost three-way split between Reform, Labour and the…
1 year, 6 months ago
Has a US-UK trade deal inched closer?
As Donald Trump’s policies on tariffs keep shifting, leaving countries scrambling to react, there has been some good news for Keir Starmer and the La…
1 year, 6 months ago
Scunthorpe's steel and Birmingham's bins: a tale of two Labours
Panic has subsided over the British Steel crisis as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, while visiting the site in Scunthorpe, confirmed that the ra…
1 year, 6 months ago
'Nationalisation in all but name': the blame game over British Steel
Parliament was recalled from Easter recess for a rare Saturday sitting of Parliament yesterday, to debate the future of British Steel. Legislation wa…
1 year, 6 months ago
Tariff turmoil: the end of globalisation or a blip in history?
Globalisation's obituary has been written many times before but, with the turmoil caused over the past few weeks with Donald Trump's various announce…
1 year, 6 months ago
The economy is growing!
Finally, some good news for your Friday: the economy is growing! Just when everyone seems to be revising down expectations of growth, the Office for …
1 year, 7 months ago