The Mandelson scandal could spell the end for Starmer
Another impressive PMQs from Kemi Badenoch – but she had plenty of ammunition to deploy after the Peter Mandelson scandal took a bleaker turn this week.The Prime Minister clearly wanted to make a stro...
4 Feb 13min
Gorton & Denton by-election: everything you need to know
Coffee House Shots is on the road today. James Heale and Megan McElroy have travelled up to the frozen north to speak to the candidates who are lobbying locals in the lead-up to the Gorton and Denton ...
3 Feb 8min
What next for Peter Mandelson?
It is one of the staple headlines of British politics: Peter Mandelson has resigned. The so-called Prince of Darkness was sacked as US ambassador last September, yet that has done little to stem the f...
2 Feb 11min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 01/02/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.More Epstein files bring Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson back into the spotlight, and Keir Starmer’s returns fro...
1 Feb 13min
How should the UK manage its relationship with China?
As Keir Starmer's visit to China draws to a close, Sam Olsen – who runs the States of Play substack – and Times columnist Cindy Yu join Patrick Gibbons to discuss how the UK should manage its relation...
31 Jan 16min
Rayner vs Streeting – and what is 'active government'?
In his column this week, Tim Shipman has finally hit upon an answer to the age-old question: what is Starmerism? After a concerted effort from his team to tie the Prime Minister down to a definitive ‘...
30 Jan 17min
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
