Was COP a flop?
COP26 is now over, but was it a flop? Even Alok Sharma, the President of COP26, apologised on the last day for 'the way this process has unfolded', as he teared up when announcing the final agreement ...
15 Nov 202115min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/11/21
Isabel Hardman brings you the highlights from Sunday's political shows. Clips today come from Alok Sharma, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and General Sir Nick Carter. Become a Spectator subscriber today t...
14 Nov 202112min
Will levelling up split the Tories?
Since the cabinet met on Thursday to map out their levelling up agenda, we take another look at what this ambiguous slogan really means and how important it is for a Tory majority in the next election...
13 Nov 202117min
Can British troops fix Poland's migrant crisis?
British troops have been deployed to the Polish border as part of a ‘reconnaissance’ mission, as Poland tries to stop migrants crossing from Belarus. Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, backed ...
12 Nov 202117min
Why won't Boris apologise?
After the government abandoned plans to overhaul the Commons standards rules, Rishi Sunak has said the government needs to 'do better'. Will the PM show some contrition soon? Max Jeffery talks to Jame...
11 Nov 202111min
Is Britain a corrupt country?
Boris Johnson today has said that Britain is not a corrupt country, but what does it mean that he felt the need to say that? On today's Coffee House Shots, Fraser Nelson points out that there is no cl...
10 Nov 202113min
Should MPs have second jobs?
The Owen Paterson affair has is shining a light on the extra cash MPs earn on top of their £80,000 salary. One MP, Geoffrey Cox, earned nearly £1 million from outside legal work. But is there an argu...
9 Nov 202113min
What are the plans to reform Commons rules?
Over the weekend most media tore into the Owen Paterson affair, with a lot of talk about MPs' second jobs like those of Geoffrey Cox... ‘I think if you go down this route of essentially banning all th...
8 Nov 202115min
