The whips' office and their woes
There have been two recent defections from the Conservatives to Labour. There's lots of chatter in parliament about a potential third defector. In this Saturday edition of Coffee House Shots, Katy Bal...
18 Touko 202417min
Can Hunt answer the Reagan question?
Ronald Reagan famously asked voters: 'are you better off than you were four years ago?' At the next election, the Tories face a public thinking over the last fourteen years. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gav...
17 Touko 202411min
Has Starmer scaled down his pledges?
Keir Starmer has unveiled his six election pledges. In a nod to Tony Blair's 1997 election card, the Labour leader has announced key promises to the public should they win the election. How are the co...
16 Touko 202413min
Starmer fluffs his lines at PMQs
There were no defections today at Prime Minister’s Questions, which probably put Keir Starmer in a slightly stronger position, ironically, given the fuss about Natalie Elphicke crossing the floor last...
15 Touko 202411min
Is Natalie Elphicke an unlikely hero?
Lucy Dunn speaks to Katy Balls and former Blair advisor John McTernan about the one vote that won plans to exclude MPs from parliament arrested on suspicion of serious sexual offence. After Keir Starm...
14 Touko 202415min
Will Sunak's fighting talk work?
Rishi Sunak delivered a pre-election speech this morning setting out the dividing lines at the next election: security with the Tories or risk with Labour. Will it be enough to shift the dial? And is ...
13 Touko 202412min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 12/05/24
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.Natalie Elphicke's defection to Labour is another blow to the Tories, but could she prove more trouble than she's worth for Sta...
12 Touko 202413min
Can John Swinney turn it around for the SNP?
John Swinney, newly inaugurated First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP, has been in the job for a week. What have we learnt since he took up the job, and can he turn things around for the pa...
11 Touko 202414min
