How will the Iran war end? | with Shashank Joshi
In this special edition of Coffee House Shots, Tim Shipman is joined by defence editor at the Economist, Shashank Joshi. Two weeks in to the conflict in Iran, they give the definitive take on where we...
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Starmer should be honest about why he picked Mandelson
This afternoon we have had the first tranche of documents released by the government relating to the process by which Peter Mandelson was chosen to be US ambassador. Whilst we have got a clearer pictu...
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Is the special relationship over?
The US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said today will be the most intense day yet of American strikes on Iran. Over the weekend, Donald Trump claimed the war could soon be over – and suggested the...
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Is Keir Starmer good in a crisis?
Tim Shipman is joined by Isabel Hardman to discuss the domestic fallout from the conflict in Iran – from oil prices surging past $100 a barrel to renewed pressure on Britain’s cost-of-living crisis.Th...
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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 08/03/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.Is the UK already too implicated in an illegal war? Or does Keir Starmer’s cautious indecision represent a dereliction of duty ...
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Why we left the Foreign Office | Ben Judah & Ameer Kotecha
Does Britain still have a coherent foreign policy? James Heale and Tim Shipman are joined by Ben Judah, former special adviser to David Lammy, and Ameer Kotecha, who recently resigned from the Foreign...
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Green surge: could Labour lose London?
Deputy political editor James Heale and deputy editor of The House magazine Sienna Rodgers join Patrick Gibbons to discuss the challenge the Greens pose to Labour in London. James's political column t...
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Iran: has Starmer alienated Britain's allies?
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, the British government continues to face questions about its response. Was the UK too slow to act, and if so – why? Tim Shipman reveals in the Spectator t...
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