Coffee House Shots
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Coffee House Shots
Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale, Lucy Dunn and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The inside story of Kemi's first year
‘On the day of the local elections, when the Tories suffered a historic setback, Kemi Badenoch went to the gym and got her hair done,’ Tim Shipman rev...
Andrew (Mountbatten Windsor) saves the Chancellor
Happy All Hallows’ Eve, everyone – and there is something spooky going on with Rachel Reeves and a property in Dulwich. Yesterday she was leading the...
What happened at the Parliamentarian of the Year Awards?
There are a few sore heads at 22 Old Queen Street this morning because it was The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year Awards last night.
Fro...
Who will 'take back control' of the economy?
Kemi Badenoch continues to look more confident at PMQs – although there are always going to be some easy goals when you lead on the economy. Today she...
Migration, the customs union & a £40bn black hole?
There are reports that the OBR will downgrade Britain’s productivity growth forecasts, increasing the size of the black hole facing the Chancellor at...
Is the Home Office fit for purpose?
With the news that the Home Office has spent billions of taxpayers' money on asylum hotels – and following the accidental release of the Epping sex of...
Has Starmer misled parliament? Plus Lucy Powell wins
We thought when we organised this podcast that there would just be the newly announced deputy Labour leader to discuss – Lucy Powell beat Education Se...
Caerphilly by-election: 'a tale of two faces'
On the face of it, the Caerphilly by-election result is a disaster, a drubbing and a humiliation for Keir Starmer’s Labour party. A once secure bastio...
What’s inside Farage’s brain?
With every new poll predicting a Reform win at the next general election, the party continues its preparation for government. James Heale joins Oscar...
Grooming gangs: Kemi accuses Labour of a 'cover up'
We’ve just had PMQs, which have become much more interesting now that Kemi Badenoch has got her act together. She led on the Grooming Gangs Inquiry af...
Britain's doom loop continues
Rachel Reeves is hosting an investment summit in Birmingham, trying to turn the narrative away from Britain's economic 'doom loop' ahead of next month...
Can Reform run a council?
There have been lots of movements in foreign affairs over the weekend, including a potential collapse of the Gaza peace deal, a Trump–Putin bilateral...
Thatcher & Reagan's special relationship
To mark the centenary of Thatcher’s birth, Michael Gove is joined by Charles Moore, her biographer, and Peggy Noonan, speechwriter to Ronald Reagan, t...
Antisemitism, Chinese spies & GB's economic fragility
It's been a rough week for the government: the row over the collapsed Chinese spy trial has rolled on, all while the Chancellor has been trying to lay...
The truth about Chinese espionage
Tim Shipman's bombshell cover piece for the magazine this week explains how the collapsed spy trial blew up in the government’s face. As well as raisi...
Are the Tories to blame for the China spy scandal?
Keir Starmer did not go into Prime Minister’s Questions with the intention of resolving the row over the collapse of the Chinese spying case: he merel...
China spy scandal: 'a masterclass of ineptitude'?
Tim Shipman and Charles Parton, China adviser at the Council on Geostrategy, join James Heale to discuss the ongoing fallout over the collapse of the...
Spy scandal: what is Labour's policy on China?
It’s a ‘great and beautiful day’, as Donald Trump wrote in the guestbook at the Knesset, where he will address the Israeli parliament after the final...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 12/10/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
A ceasefire begins in the Middle East, as world leaders prepare for Mo...
Who is the greatest ever conservative?
From wartime leadership to economic revolutions, Conservative figures have shaped Britain’s past and present. But who stands out as the greatest of th...
How can the Tories turn it around? Live
Recorded live in Manchester, during the Conservative Party conference, Michael Gove sits down with Tim Shipman, Madeline Grant and Tim Montgomerie to...
Whisper it quietly, peace in the Middle East?
Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his Gaza peace plan. During an extraordinary round table on the Antifa organisati...
Finally we know what Badenoch stands for
This morning Kemi Badenoch wrapped up Tory conference with a speech that will – for now at least – calm Tory jitters. The Tory leader’s hour-long addr...
Who's listening to the Tories? Live from conference
Tim Shipman, James Heale and Lucy Dunn record live at Conservative party conference in Manchester. What's the mood at conference – and has Kemi done e...
Economy: can we trust the Tories again?
Tim Shipman and Michael Simmons join Lucy Dunn live at Manchester for Conservative party conference. It's day two, and we've heard from shadow chancel...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 05/10/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Kemi Badenoch launches the Conservative Party Conference, the home sec...
Debate: what next for the British right?
The general election result of 2024 reflected – among other things – a collapse of trust among British voters in the Conservatives. How can the Britis...
Manchester attack: Michael Gove on the rise of antisemitism
On today’s Coffee House Shots, Tim Shipman is joined by Michael Gove to reflect on the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, which...
Kemi Badenoch's plan to save the Tories
The Prime Minister was set to announce his crackdown on the existing rights of refugees at the European Political Community meeting today; however, he...
Labour's deputy divisions: insider vs outsider?
Tim Shipman and Claire Ainsley from the Progressive Policy Institute join Patrick Gibbons to reflect on Labour's party conference as it draws to a clo...
Starmer delivers 'the speech of his life'
We have just heard the Prime Minister’s headline speech at Labour Party Conference and – whisper it quietly – that might have been Keir Starmer’s best...
Shabana Mahmood in conversation with Michael Gove – Labour Conference 2025
Whilst a certain noisy northern mayor has positioned himself as the problem child of conference 2025, The Spectator finds another Labour politician fa...
Labour conference: 'a holiday from reality'?
Labour party conference has kicked off in Liverpool, and the Chancellor has just delivered her keynote speech.
‘Security, security, security’ wa...
Labour’s ‘levelling up’ agenda – Michael Gove interviews Steve Reed
On the eve of Labour’s party conference, the Spectator's editor Michael Gove sits down with Steve Reed MP, the new Secretary of State for Housing, Com...
ID cards are back: will they work?
The Labour machine has whirred into gear to try and contain a certain Northern mayor’s mischievous interventions this week, by announcing a big contro...
Starmer's make-or-break conference
Labour conference kicks off this weekend in Liverpool – but the mood going in is far from triumphant.
On today's Coffee House Shots, Lucy Dunn...
What is 'Manchesterism'?
Andy Burnham, Manchester’s mayor and self-styled champion of the North, is openly flirting with a return to Westminster just days before the Labour Pa...
Ed Davey pitches himself as the anti-Farage
The Liberal Democrat party conference in Bournemouth has concluded with a speech from leader Sir Ed Davey. While the current crop of Liberal Democrats...
Farage goes after Boris
Nigel Farage has unveiled his most radical immigration plan yet – scrapping indefinite leave to remain for migrants – in a move designed to reverse th...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 21/09/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
The UK has officially recognised the state of Palestine. In the mornin...