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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 and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jonathan Hinder: ‘I don’t know if Starmer should fight the next election’
On this special edition of Coffee House Shots, Tim Shipman is joined by Jonathan Hinder – a rising star of the back benches and a blue Labour acolyte...
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 most...
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 – f...
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 wee...
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 lobbyi...
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 last...
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 Mandelso...
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 Gibbon...
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 tea...
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 n...
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 w...
What does Starmer want to achieve in China?
Keir Starmer lands in China tonight as he becomes the first British Prime Minister to visit since Theresa May in 2018. Sam Hogg from the Oxford China...
Suella Braverman defects – not another one!
It’s psychodrama all round on Coffee House Shots today. Between Andy Burnham – who over the weekend was denied the opportunity to stand in the Gorton...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 25/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows.
Labour block Andy Burnham from standing as an MP, Ed Davey says we're...
Reasons to be optimistic | with Michael Gove, Tim Stanley, Steve Baker & David Goodhart
Post-holiday depression, failed New Year’s resolutions and battered bank balances: January’s Blue Monday has long been branded as the most miserable d...
Does British politics reward traitors or faithfuls?
With the Conservatives on watch for further defectors, academic Richard Johnson and Conservative peer Danny Finkelstein join James Heale to discuss wh...
Andy Burnham is back in the game – and Robert Jenrick reveals all
Three big stories for James Heale and Tim Shipman to pick over today: Andy Burnham’s return, the Donald Trump that refuses to go away, and the continu...
Starmer turns on Trump
Keir Starmer scored a rare win at PMQs, talking tough on Trump in light of the President’s escalating rhetoric on Greenland and the Chagos Islands. Ke...
The scandal of China’s ‘super embassy’
China's controversial ‘super embassy’ has been approved, after years of debate over the security risks. Campaigners had called on ministers not to giv...
Greenland: why Europe needs to 'grow up' | with Tim Marshall
Donald Trump has thrown another diplomatic hand grenade. This weekend, the President threatened sweeping tariffs on countries backing Greenland’s inde...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 18/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Donald Trump says it's tariffs or a deal for Greenland. And Robert Jen...
Debate: what's the point of the Lib Dems?
As Ed Davey condemned Donald Trump's military manoeuvres abroad, Annabel Denham looked on and asked 'what's the point of the Liberal Democrats?'. Thin...
Jenrick vs Badenoch: who won yesterday's defection?
Yesterday was a breathless day in Westminster. The defection of Robert Jenrick spawned plenty of headlines and even more memes. But now that the dust...
Inside Jenrick & Reform's shotgun marriage
Robert Jenrick has sensationally defected to Reform. After a day that started with his sacking from the Conservatives – over plotting to reject – cont...
Is Jenrick joining Reform?
Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the Tory whip and suspended his party membership. In a video on X she claims,...
What's the future of the Scottish Tories?
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Russell Findlay MSP, sits down with James Heale to look ahead to May's pivotal Holyrood elections. He pushes...
Why Ed Davey is happy being boring
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled a new strategy on the NHS. Sir Ed set out his big, bold plan this morning: scrapping the UK–US pharmaceutical deal...
Zahawi defects: are Reform becoming Tories 2.0?
How many Tories is too many? That’s the question Westminster is asking after the unveiling of Reform’s latest defector. Nadhim Zahawi, Boris Johnson’s...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 11/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Trump wants Greenland, Iran wants regime change, and Peter Mandelson g...
Mums for Reform?
Britain’s mums are backing Nigel Farage. One in five Mumsnet users intend to vote for Reform at the next general election, the first time a party othe...
Keir Starmer, pub harmer
Another year, another U-turn. We expect that the Labour government will be forced to climb down on forthcoming increases to the business rates bills f...
How Reform plans to govern
2025 was the easy part for Reform. If they win the election, however, how do they actually govern? In The Spectator this week, Tim Shipman writes abou...
Why is Keir Starmer so irritable?
It is the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new year – and Keir Starmer returns to the Commons already under pressure. With major international...
International statesman or 'never here Keir'?
From 'regime change' in Venezuela to Russia's war in Ukraine, the Labour government is trying to navigate complicated situations across foreign affair...
Regime change in Caracas ... but not Westminster
It’s our first podcast back in the office of 2026 – and the year has started with a bang, of course, after the successful US operation to remove Nicol...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 04/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
This week, the US sends shockwaves across the globe with its capturing...
John Curtice: what to expect in 2026
James Heale sits down with Sir John Curtice, the doyen of British polling, to take stock of an extraordinary year in UK politics and to look ahead to...
Debate: is 2026 Kemi's year?
Regular listeners will remember back in May we recorded a podcast debating whether Kemi Badenoch was the right fit for Tory leader. At that point in t...
Dominic Cummings interview – search Quite right! now
Dominic Cummings joins Michael and Maddie to reflect on his time in government – what he got right and what he regrets – and what he believes must cha...
Reality Check: 2025 – tears, tariffs & taxes
2025 has been a busy year in economics, with tariffs, taxes – and even some tears. It's also been a busy year for the Spectator's economics editor Mic...