Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 07/01/2024
The election year is here, and Sunak is still under pressure. Do leaked documents suggest he doubts the efficacy of the Rwanda scheme? Starmer wants 'hope and change', but what does that look like? Th...
7 Jan 202414min
How will Sunak and Starmer run their election campaigns?
Rishi Sunak has all but confirmed that this year’s general election will take place in autumn. How will the Prime Minister, and Keir Starmer, run their campaigns?James Heale speaks to Fraser Nelson an...
6 Jan 202415min
Why aren't the Lib Dems doing better?
The Liberal Democrats began their 2024 campaigning this week by unveiling a huge poster branding them as ‘Ed Davey’s Tory Removal Service’, but they will have to be more than just the 'none of the abo...
5 Jan 202416min
Did Sunak steal Starmer's thunder?
Keir Starmer delivered his new year's speech, promising 'Project Hope' ahead of the general election. Critics claimed the speech was rhetoric heavy, low on policy. Having attacked the Prime Minister f...
4 Jan 202418min
Would strike talks be different under Labour?
As junior doctors begin the longest strike in history, Lucy Dunn speaks to Isabel Hardman and Kate Andrews about whether public support for industrial action is starting to wane, and how talks might b...
3 Jan 202415min
Is Rishi fishy on the asylum backlog?
Rishi Sunak has claimed that the Conservatives have cleared the 92,000 asylum claims, despite figures showing the backlog still stands at tens of thousands of applicants, with several thousand missing...
2 Jan 202412min
2023: The year in review
How well did Rishi Sunak do on his five pledges? Are we any clearer on what Keir Starmer stands for? Is the SNP done for in Scotland? On this episode, Cindy Yu, Katy Balls, James Heale and Coffee Hous...
21 Dec 202326min
Sunak gets tetchy during Rwanda and Israel grilling
Rishi Sunak appeared in front of the Liaison Committee this afternoon. In an interview with The Spectator last week, the PM said that he was enjoying the job. So why did he seem so agitated at the gri...
19 Dec 202312min
