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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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Why by-elections matter – with Iain Dale & Jon Craig
Two titans of broadcasting – LBC’s Iain Dale and Sky's Jon Craig – join deputy political editor James Heale for a whistle-stop tour of British by-elec...
Andrew's arrest spells trouble for Labour
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released under caution after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office – the image of him sat sl...
How prepared is Britain for war? – with Gen Sir Nick Carter
General Sir Nick Carter, former chief of the defence staff, joins Tim Shipman to discuss Britain's military preparedness – or rather, lack thereof. Wh...
Is Reform now part of the ‘orthodoxy’?
It is Robert Jenrick’s big day out today. The newly-minted Reform ‘shadow chancellor’ made his first speech this morning, where he had the chance to s...
Nigel Farage unveils his shadow cabinet
Reform UK is no longer a one-man band. Nigel Farage has unveiled Reform's four spokesmen for the “great offices of state” at a press conference in Wes...
Can Starmer protect the country (and himself)?
Following a weekend at the Munich Security Conference, there have been reports that the Prime Minister is set to sign off on a huge increase in defenc...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 15/02/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
European allies say Russia is responsible for Alexei Navalny's death....
Starmer, Mandelson & HMT: why Gordon Brown has never been more relevant
James Macintyre joins James Heale to discuss his new biography of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown: Power With Purpose. While the book has been year...
Can Starmer escape his problems in Munich?
Keir Starmer has headed to Germany for the Munich Security Conference to meet allies and discuss defence, NATO and the war in Ukraine. He is expected...
Is Antonia Romeo what the civil service needs?
When a PM is in crisis, what do they do? Sack the head of the civil service. Having lost both his Chief of Staff and Director of Communications at the...
Keir Starmer gets angry
PMQs today and – as predicted – Keir Starmer came out worst in a pretty unpleasant session. Kemi Badenoch pinned the Prime Minister on the continued M...
Is Starmer back from the brink?
After a dramatic day in Westminster, the threat to Starmer appears to have receded – at least in the short term. But with the Gorton and Denton by-ele...
McSweeney resigns – is Starmer next?
Morgan McSweeney resigned yesterday as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and – while it was not a surprise, given his role in appointing Peter Mandelson –...
Morgan McSweeney quits - Sunday Roundup 08/02/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Morgan McSweeney has resigned as Keir Starmer's chief of staff, just h...
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...