Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/02/21
Isabel Hardman hosts the highlights from Sunday's political programmes. Today's interviews featured Dominic Raab, Professor John Watson, Mark Drakeford, Bridget Phillipson and Professor Tim Spector.Be...
14 Feb 202112min
Is the government doing enough to fix the cladding crisis?
With the government facing a backbench revolt over how to fix the pressing issue of unsafe cladding on high rise buildings, Katy Balls asks Conservative MP Bob Blackman and the Spectator's assistant e...
13 Feb 202117min
Will the economy bounce back after lockdown?
Despite the GDP figures from the ONS today, the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane has written an optimistic commentary today, arguing why he thinks the British economy will bounce back af...
12 Feb 202118min
Are Tory lockdown-sceptics returning in force?
After a brief winter hibernation, it seems that the lockdown-sceptic wing of the Conservative party is returning in force. Cindy Yu talks to Katy Balls and James Forsyth about the increasing clamour t...
11 Feb 202118min
Boris Johnson sets out the new normal on vaccines
At PMQs today, Boris Johnson said the public would need to 'get used to the idea of vaccinating and then revaccinating in the autumn, as we come to face these new variants.' The government's contract ...
10 Feb 202110min
China hawks suffer a setback
The government has managed to delay a backbench rebellion on the so-called 'genocide amendment' today, using what Iain Duncan Smith called 'arcane procedural games'. The Trade Bill amendment, which wo...
9 Feb 202115min
Should the government be more concerned about the South African variant?
Latest research from the University of Oxford shows that their vaccine has 'minimal protection' against the South African variant of the coronavirus. Should the government be doing more to protect UK ...
8 Feb 202113min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 07/02/21
Isabel Hardman rounds up the highlights from Sunday's political programmes. Today's contributions come from Nadhim Zadhawi, Ed Miliband, Andy Burnham and Professor Sarah Gilbert.Become a Spectator sub...
7 Feb 202112min
