Is the AI dream over for Andy?
Andy Burnham pitched Britain to the UN this week as an 'honest broker' on artificial intelligence, only for Washington to ask OpenAI and Anthropic to make Britain's AI Security Institute wait its turn...
25 Sep 10min
Can Kemi hoover up votes with benefits reform?
After fresh polling from YouGov put the Tories ahead of Reform UK today, the leader of the opposition has set out plans to get people off of unemployment benefits, and limit what successful claimants ...
24 Sep 13min
Chagos U-turn: has Burnham seen sense?
Donald Trump has forced a rethink of the Chagos deal, after publicly criticising the agreement during his meeting with Andy Burnham. Is Labour preparing to abandon one of Keir Starmer’s most controver...
23 Sep 14min
Will Trump give Burnham the time of day?
Andy Burnham is off to meet Donald Trump. What can he expect from his first face-to-face with the US president? Tim Shipman and Freddy Gray discuss the diplomatic choreography behind the meeting, the ...
22 Sep 11min
What's the mood at Lib Dem conference?
Patrick Gibbons is joined from Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton by deputy political editor James Heale and Michael Stephens, a senior associate fellow at RUSI and who is now the party’s prospec...
21 Sep 17min
Calum Miller on growth, Burnham & closer EU defence ties
From the hallways of the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton, the Spectator's deputy political editor James Heale speaks to foreign affairs spokesman Calum Miller MP about the party’s pitch on gro...
20 Sep 10min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 20/09/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.Ed Davey talks popularity contests, and Bridget Phillipson defends the government ahead of Andy Burnham's first meeting with Do...
20 Sep 12min
Is Burnham ready to talk about war?
Military and intelligence chiefs across Europe are sounding increasingly stark warnings about the threat posed by Russia, from cyber attacks and sabotage to drones and hybrid warfare. But is Britain t...
18 Sep 15min
