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 Tammi 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 Tammi 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 Tammi 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 Tammi 9min
What does Starmer want to achieve in China?
Keir Starmer lands in China tonight as he becomes the first British Prime Minister to visit since Theresa May in 2018. Sam Hogg from the Oxford China Policy Lab and James Heale join Patrick Gibbons to...
27 Tammi 18min
Suella Braverman defects – not another one!
It’s psychodrama all round on Coffee House Shots today. Between Andy Burnham – who over the weekend was denied the opportunity to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election – and Suella Braverman – wh...
26 Tammi 14min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 25/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows.Labour block Andy Burnham from standing as an MP, Ed Davey says we're in a Cold War, and a new centre-right movement is launche...
25 Tammi 16min
Reasons to be optimistic | with Michael Gove, Tim Stanley, Steve Baker & David Goodhart
Post-holiday depression, failed New Year’s resolutions and battered bank balances: January’s Blue Monday has long been branded as the most miserable day of the year. Headlines warn of ongoing war, pol...
24 Tammi 36min
