Coffee House Shots: why MPs must be whipped | Simon Hart
Andy Burnham has promised to turn the whips’ office into an ‘HR department’ – but the former chief whip Simon Hart warns that the approach is ‘naive’ and could leave the new prime minister unable to c...
17 Jul 17min
The Edition: can Burnham remake Britain – and can Wales decolonise it?
For this week’s Edition, William Moore is joined by The Spectator’s political editor, Tim Shipman, commissioning editor and writer at large Tali Fraser, and the historian Antony Beevor.This week: what...
16 Jul 37min
The Book Club: Rome's Age of Revolutions
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Tim Whitmarsh, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge and author of Rome’s Age of Revolution: Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity. He tells me ...
15 Jul 42min
Quite right!: Burnham is wrong to ditch Palantir | Louis Mosley
Louis Mosley is the UK head of Palantir, one of the world’s most powerful – and controversial – technology companies. Its work with the NHS, the US government and western militaries has made it a ligh...
14 Jul 47min
Americano: How the US views Britain's right-wing circus
Both Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe have been in the America, telling the political elite all about Britain's demise. Freddy Gray is joined by The Times Washington editor Katy Balls to discuss how the r...
14 Jul 25min
Spectator Out Loud: Tali Fraser, Damian Thompson, Matthew Wilson & Christa d’Souza
This week: Tali Fraser gives the definitive answer to what Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ actually is; Damian Thompson asks if there is any route back for the Society of St Pius X; Matthew Wilson disc...
12 Jul 29min
Holy Smoke: how religion shapes football
From idolising players to faithfully following a club, football is often described as the world’s secular religion. But religion has long been woven into the fabric of the game itself. From the sectar...
11 Jul 16min
Coffee House Shots: how we plan to beat Reform | Conservative chairman
The Tories will not stand a candidate against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election – and on today’s podcast Conservative party chairman Kevin Hollinrake explains why.Hollinrake also reveals what is...
10 Jul 14min
