Mandelson latest: can we trust Starmer's ignorance?
The Peter Mandelson scandal just got more scandalous. Last night the story broke that Mandeslon actually failed his enhanced vetting before being made US Ambassador. Number 10 are pleading ignorance. ...
17 Apr 19min
Inside parliament’s ‘summer of sex’ | Cindy Gallop & Cleo Watson
It is a hard time to be a Labour MP. The polls are flagging, the economy is stagnating and the Middle East remains in crisis. But facing electoral armageddon in three weeks’ time, one brave backbenche...
16 Apr 22min
Why won't Starmer answer the question!?
PMQs is back and – predictably – Lord Robertson’s intervention on the state of the armed forces dominated proceedings. The Prime Minister gave six responses to questions about defence spending, none o...
15 Apr 14min
Are the Treasury & the MOD at war?
George Robertson (pictured), a former defence secretary and former NATO secretary-general, has accused the government of 'corrosive complacency' towards defence, which puts the UK 'in peril'. This is ...
14 Apr 11min
Keir Starmer thinks he's Henry VIII
Two big stories to chew over on today’s podcast, starting with Viktor Orban’s landslide defeat in Hungary. The left have been celebrating this as a victory over populism, but have they misunderstood P...
13 Apr 13min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 12/04/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.No end in sight to the conflict in the Middle East, as negotiations in Pakistan between the US and Iran end without an agreemen...
12 Apr 12min
Will Labour lose Wales?
With one month to go until the local and regional elections, Megan McElroy and James Heale have hit the road with Luke Tryl and Louis O'Geran of More in Common. They report back from the focus groups ...
11 Apr 13min
Left turn: who should Reform target?
Gawain Towler, Reform UK board member and their former director of communications, sits down with James Heale to talk about Reform's appeal ahead of the local elections. Gawain argues that Reform need...
10 Apr 14min
