The Tories are back in the conversation
Kemi Badenoch has delivered a major speech on the economy ahead of next week's Budget, calling for welfare cuts to fund higher defence spending. But with some encouraging economic figures, is her atta...
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LIVE: Who won conference season? | with Scarlett Maguire
For this live edition of Coffee House Shots, James Heale and Lara Brown are joined by pollster and strategist Scarlett Maguire at the Battle of Ideas Festival to unpack the party conference season and...
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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 18/10/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.Ministers react to Donald Trump's latest interventions in the war Russia-Ukraine conflict. And Zack Polanski is unapologetic in...
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Does Britain still have free speech? | with Jonathan Sumption & Kellie-Jay Keen
This week, The Spectator hosted a debate on the motion: This house believes Britain no longer has free speech.Chaired by The Spectator’s Assistant Editor Isabel Hardman, the debate saw former Sun edit...
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Will John Healey tax the banks?
With the Budget fast approaching, is Labour about to pick a fight with the City? Could a new bank tax help John Healey plug the fiscal black hole – or would it risk damaging one of Britain’s most succ...
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Does Burnham have a foreign policy?
As Andy Burnham rolls out the red carpet for Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street, he has publicly sided with Kyiv against the Trump administration, days after the US President called for Zelensky to ...
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Ed Davey sees off a coup
After last night’s botched coup against the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, and a rather temperate Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons today, James Heale is joined by Isabel Hard...
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Where are all the ‘Waitrose women’?
The IMF has upgraded its forecast for UK growth – but is the good news all it seems? Michael Simmons explains why the assumptions underpinning Britain’s economic outlook may be far shakier than they f...
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