Is centrism dead? | with David Gauke, vice-chair of Prosper UK
Is centrism back? This week a group of former Tory heavyweights – including Ruth Davidson, Andy Street, Amber Rudd and David Gauke – have launched a new group aimed at reclaiming the centre ground and...
29 Jan 22min
Breaking news: Lammy was good at PMQs
It is our solemn duty to inform listeners that David Lammy won deputy PMQs at a canter today. To be frank, it was a low-rent affair. Andrew Griffith was the Tory sent out to question David Lammy while...
28 Jan 9min
What does Starmer want to achieve in China?
Keir Starmer lands in China tonight as he becomes the first British Prime Minister to visit since Theresa May in 2018. Sam Hogg from the Oxford China Policy Lab and James Heale join Patrick Gibbons to...
27 Jan 18min
Suella Braverman defects – not another one!
It’s psychodrama all round on Coffee House Shots today. Between Andy Burnham – who over the weekend was denied the opportunity to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election – and Suella Braverman – wh...
26 Jan 14min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 25/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows.Labour block Andy Burnham from standing as an MP, Ed Davey says we're in a Cold War, and a new centre-right movement is launche...
25 Jan 16min
Reasons to be optimistic | with Michael Gove, Tim Stanley, Steve Baker & David Goodhart
Post-holiday depression, failed New Year’s resolutions and battered bank balances: January’s Blue Monday has long been branded as the most miserable day of the year. Headlines warn of ongoing war, pol...
24 Jan 36min
Does British politics reward traitors or faithfuls?
With the Conservatives on watch for further defectors, academic Richard Johnson and Conservative peer Danny Finkelstein join James Heale to discuss whether British politics rewards traitors or faithfu...
23 Jan 21min
Andy Burnham is back in the game – and Robert Jenrick reveals all
Three big stories for James Heale and Tim Shipman to pick over today: Andy Burnham’s return, the Donald Trump that refuses to go away, and the continued fallout of Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform...
22 Jan 17min
