Is Rishi about to get radical?
In her Times column this week Katy Balls says that Rishi Sunak is about to roll his sleeves up on EU trade and small boats, potentially setting him against both the right and the left of his party. Wh...
3 Feb 20239min
Did Sunak ever have a political honeymoon?
A new poll today shows that more than half of voters think that Rishi Sunak has handled the economy badly, and that a third of voters think Boris Johnson was a better prime minister. This comes as Sun...
2 Feb 202312min
Are we close to a breakthrough on the Northern Ireland Protocol?
Today the Times has reported that a partial agreement has been made over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Why are the government playing down the progress made over the Irish border? Also on podcast, Bo...
1 Feb 202311min
Can we trust the IMF's forecasts?
The IMF report suggests Britain will be the only advanced economy to fall into recession this year – predicting the worst growth figures of any G7 country. Historically, how reliable have these foreca...
31 Jan 202311min
Is Zahawi getting his own back?
The problem of Nadhim Zahawi may not have gone away as quickly as the Prime Minister might have hoped. Today, allies of the former Tory Chairman have suggested the decision to sack Zahawi has been 'ru...
30 Jan 202312min
Isabel Hardman’s Sunday Roundup – 29/01/23
Isabel Hardman hosts the highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows. Featured today are interviews with Michael Gove, Bridget Phillipson, Mary Bousted and Michel Barnier.Become a Spectator subsc...
29 Jan 202312min
Why Nadhim Zahawi was sacked
This morning, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi over the scandal surrounding his tax affairs. This story has been ongoing for a few weeks now – why now...
29 Jan 202313min
Should politicians stick out a scandal?
It emerged this week that Nadhim Zahawi was in a row last year with HMRC over tax payments, but he is currently holding onto his post as Conservative party chairman. When should a politician resign? A...
28 Jan 202318min
