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Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conservative radicalism: who should the Tories target? with Jack Rankin MP

26 mins; April 02, 2026

EU déjà vu: the emergency brake is back!

12 mins; April 02, 2026

Will Trump pull the US out of NATO?

14 mins; April 01, 2026

Why is Britain so exposed to rising energy prices?

10 mins; March 31, 2026

Where does Labour's centre of gravity lie?

30 mins; March 30, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 29/03/2026

15 mins; March 29, 2026

LIVE: Should we defund or defend the BBC? | Michael Gove & Jon Sopel v Charles Moore & Allison Pearson

59 mins; March 27, 2026

Energy crisis: are we in 1973 territory?

9 mins; March 27, 2026

The curious case of Morgan McSweeney's missing phone

19 mins; March 26, 2026

To drill or not to drill, that is the question

14 mins; March 25, 2026

Should we brace for another financial shock?

14 mins; March 24, 2026

It’s Ed Miliband’s world – and we’re living in it

22 mins; March 23, 2026

On the road with Nigel Farage

30 mins; March 20, 2026

LIVE: is it time for a Tory-Reform pact?

51 mins; March 19, 2026

Britain’s decline – and how to reverse it | with John Bew

48 mins; March 19, 2026

Is Angela Rayner staging a coup?

11 mins; March 18, 2026

Net Zero vs AI: can Reeves convince Miliband?

16 mins; March 17, 2026

Is Labour sleepwalking back to the EU?

17 mins; March 16, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 15/03/2026

15 mins; March 15, 2026

Is the government right to restrict jury trials?

22 mins; March 13, 2026

The Mandelson scandal exposes Starmer’s greatest flaw | with Gabriel Pogrund

14 mins; March 13, 2026

How will the Iran war end? | with Shashank Joshi

26 mins; March 12, 2026

Starmer should be honest about why he picked Mandelson

14 mins; March 11, 2026

Is the special relationship over?

9 mins; March 10, 2026

Is Keir Starmer good in a crisis?

19 mins; March 09, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 08/03/2026

15 mins; March 08, 2026

Why we quit the Foreign Office | Ben Judah & Ameer Kotecha

35 mins; March 06, 2026

Green surge: could Labour lose London?

14 mins; March 06, 2026

Iran: has Starmer alienated Britain's allies?

21 mins; March 05, 2026

Labour humiliated by Chinese spy arrests

12 mins; March 04, 2026

Spring statement: everything you need to know

11 mins; March 03, 2026

Iran: is Starmer doomed to repeat Blair's mistake?

19 mins; March 02, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 01/03/2026

16 mins; March 01, 2026

LIVE: The Spectator’s Alternative Covid Inquiry

52 mins; February 28, 2026

How Gorton & Denton changed British politics | with Luke Tryl

28 mins; February 27, 2026

Green victory in Gorton and Denton

16 mins; February 27, 2026

Spring statement: Reeves' last throw of the dice?

15 mins; February 26, 2026

Badenoch rattles Starmer – but are they as bad as each other?

16 mins; February 25, 2026

Peter Mandelson haunts Labour

11 mins; February 24, 2026

SEND plans: 'cost-cutting or reform'?

9 mins; February 23, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 22/02/2026

17 mins; February 22, 2026

Why by-elections matter – with Iain Dale & Jon Craig

16 mins; February 20, 2026

Andrew's arrest spells trouble for Labour

12 mins; February 20, 2026

How prepared is Britain for war? – with Gen Sir Nick Carter

34 mins; February 18, 2026

Is Reform now part of the ‘orthodoxy’?

11 mins; February 18, 2026

Nigel Farage unveils his shadow cabinet

12 mins; February 17, 2026

Can Starmer protect the country (and himself)?

22 mins; February 16, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 15/02/2026

15 mins; February 15, 2026

Starmer, Mandelson & HMT: why Gordon Brown has never been more relevant

16 mins; February 13, 2026

Can Starmer escape his problems in Munich?

10 mins; February 13, 2026

Is Antonia Romeo what the civil service needs?

12 mins; February 12, 2026

Keir Starmer gets angry

14 mins; February 11, 2026

Is Starmer back from the brink?

13 mins; February 10, 2026

McSweeney resigns – is Starmer next?

24 mins; February 09, 2026

Morgan McSweeney quits - Sunday Roundup 08/02/2026

12 mins; February 08, 2026

Jonathan Hinder: ‘I don’t know if Starmer should fight the next election’

34 mins; February 06, 2026

Keir's worst week – but Kemi's best?

9 mins; February 06, 2026

Could the herd move on Starmer?

10 mins; February 05, 2026

The Mandelson scandal could spell the end for Starmer

13 mins; February 04, 2026

Gorton & Denton by-election: everything you need to know

8 mins; February 03, 2026

What next for Peter Mandelson?

11 mins; February 02, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 01/02/2026

13 mins; February 01, 2026

How should the UK manage its relationship with China?

16 mins; January 30, 2026

Rayner vs Streeting – and what is 'active government'?

17 mins; January 30, 2026

Is centrism dead? | with David Gauke, vice-chair of Prosper UK

22 mins; January 29, 2026

Breaking news: Lammy was good at PMQs

9 mins; January 28, 2026

What does Starmer want to achieve in China?

18 mins; January 27, 2026

Suella Braverman defects – not another one!

14 mins; January 26, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 25/01/2026

16 mins; January 25, 2026

Reasons to be optimistic | with Michael Gove, Tim Stanley, Steve Baker & David Goodhart

36 mins; January 23, 2026

Does British politics reward traitors or faithfuls?

21 mins; January 23, 2026

Andy Burnham is back in the game – and Robert Jenrick reveals all

17 mins; January 22, 2026

Starmer turns on Trump

10 mins; January 21, 2026

The scandal of China’s ‘super embassy’

12 mins; January 20, 2026

Greenland: why Europe needs to 'grow up' | with Tim Marshall

14 mins; January 19, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 18/01/2026

11 mins; January 18, 2026

Debate: what's the point of the Lib Dems?

23 mins; January 16, 2026

Jenrick vs Badenoch: who won yesterday's defection?

9 mins; January 16, 2026

Inside Jenrick & Reform's shotgun marriage

14 mins; January 15, 2026

Is Jenrick joining Reform?

7 mins; January 15, 2026

What's the future of the Scottish Tories?

19 mins; January 14, 2026

Why Ed Davey is happy being boring

14 mins; January 13, 2026

Zahawi defects: are Reform becoming Tories 2.0?

15 mins; January 12, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 11/01/2026

13 mins; January 11, 2026

Mums for Reform?

14 mins; January 09, 2026

Keir Starmer, pub harmer

10 mins; January 09, 2026

How Reform plans to govern

18 mins; January 08, 2026

Why is Keir Starmer so irritable?

15 mins; January 07, 2026

International statesman or 'never here Keir'?

18 mins; January 06, 2026

Regime change in Caracas ... but not Westminster

18 mins; January 05, 2026

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 04/01/2026

16 mins; January 04, 2026

John Curtice: what to expect in 2026

20 mins; January 01, 2026

Debate: is 2026 Kemi's year?

16 mins; December 30, 2025

Dominic Cummings interview – search Quite right! now

2 mins; December 30, 2025

Reality Check: 2025 – tears, tariffs & taxes

33 mins; December 28, 2025

Year in Review 2025 – Live

32 mins; December 26, 2025

Stephen Flynn on Reform, Sturgeon & a second referendum

26 mins; December 22, 2025

Who won 2025? with Quentin Letts

24 mins; December 18, 2025

Daniel Finkelstein on anti-Semitism, Nick Fuentes & viral hate

33 mins; December 17, 2025

A ‘classically awful’ PMQs to round out the year

10 mins; December 17, 2025

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