Quite right!: Trump, Greenland and the special relationship 'myth'
To hear the full episode, search Quite right! wherever you are listening now. This week: Michael and Maddie ask whether the so-called special relationship between Britain and the United States has fin...
21 Tammi 18min
Spectator Out Loud: Mickey Down, Charlie Gammell, Sean Thomas & Douglas Murray
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Mickey Down, co-creator of Industry, reads his diary for the week; Charlie Gammell argues that US intervention could push Iran into civil war and terrorism – warning...
20 Tammi 31min
Reality Check: who's to blame for Britain's water crisis?
Thousands of homes across the South East have been without water for four consecutive days. South East Water’s record on water supply interruptions is one of the worst in the sector. Ofwat, the regula...
19 Tammi 24min
Holy Smoke: why theocracies survive – with Peter Frankopan
In the 21st century, the theocratic nature of the Iranian regime – ruled by senior Shia clerics – appears to be a rarity. The constitutional role of religion is perhaps matched only by the Vatican Cit...
18 Tammi 24min
Coffee House Shots: 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?'. Thinking about the Lib Dem's longstanding europhile st...
17 Tammi 23min
The Edition: Iran’s useful idiots, Gordon Brown’s second term & the Right’s race obsession
As the world watches events in Iran, and wonders whether the US will intervene, the Spectator’s cover this week examines 'British complicity in Tehran’s terror’. When thinking about what could happen ...
16 Tammi 42min
The Book Club: How To Play A Game Without Rules
My guest in this week’s Book Club is Joanna Kavenna, who talks about her witty, philosophically riddling new novel Seven: Or, How To Play A Game Without Rules. She tells me about taking her bearings f...
15 Tammi 35min
Quite right!: why Nadhim Zahawi (and Reform) are making a mistake
For the full episode, search 'Quite right!' wherever you are listening now. This week on Quite right!, Michael and Maddie examine Nadhim Zahawi’s dramatic defection to Reform UK and ask whether it str...
14 Tammi 22min
