Coffee House Shots
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Coffee House Shots
Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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...
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...
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...
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 d...
Does British politics reward traitors or faithfuls?
With the Conservatives on watch for further defectors, academic Richard Johnson and Conservative peer Danny Finkelstein join James Heale to discuss wh...
Andy Burnham is back in the game – and Robert Jenrick reveals all
Three big stories for James Heale and Tim Shipman to pick over today: Andy Burnham’s return, the Donald Trump that refuses to go away, and the continu...
Starmer turns on Trump
Keir Starmer scored a rare win at PMQs, talking tough on Trump in light of the President’s escalating rhetoric on Greenland and the Chagos Islands. Ke...
The scandal of China’s ‘super embassy’
China's controversial ‘super embassy’ has been approved, after years of debate over the security risks. Campaigners had called on ministers not to giv...
Greenland: why Europe needs to 'grow up' | with Tim Marshall
Donald Trump has thrown another diplomatic hand grenade. This weekend, the President threatened sweeping tariffs on countries backing Greenland’s inde...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 18/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Donald Trump says it's tariffs or a deal for Greenland. And Robert Jen...
Debate: what's the point of the Lib Dems?
As Ed Davey condemned Donald Trump's military manoeuvres abroad, Annabel Denham looked on and asked 'what's the point of the Liberal Democrats?'. Thin...
Jenrick vs Badenoch: who won yesterday's defection?
Yesterday was a breathless day in Westminster. The defection of Robert Jenrick spawned plenty of headlines and even more memes. But now that the dust...
Inside Jenrick & Reform's shotgun marriage
Robert Jenrick has sensationally defected to Reform. After a day that started with his sacking from the Conservatives – over plotting to reject – cont...
Is Jenrick joining Reform?
Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the Tory whip and suspended his party membership. In a video on X she claims,...
What's the future of the Scottish Tories?
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Russell Findlay MSP, sits down with James Heale to look ahead to May's pivotal Holyrood elections. He pushes...
Why Ed Davey is happy being boring
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled a new strategy on the NHS. Sir Ed set out his big, bold plan this morning: scrapping the UK–US pharmaceutical deal...
Zahawi defects: are Reform becoming Tories 2.0?
How many Tories is too many? That’s the question Westminster is asking after the unveiling of Reform’s latest defector. Nadhim Zahawi, Boris Johnson’s...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 11/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
Trump wants Greenland, Iran wants regime change, and Peter Mandelson g...
Mums for Reform?
Britain’s mums are backing Nigel Farage. One in five Mumsnet users intend to vote for Reform at the next general election, the first time a party othe...
Keir Starmer, pub harmer
Another year, another U-turn. We expect that the Labour government will be forced to climb down on forthcoming increases to the business rates bills f...
How Reform plans to govern
2025 was the easy part for Reform. If they win the election, however, how do they actually govern? In The Spectator this week, Tim Shipman writes abou...
Why is Keir Starmer so irritable?
It is the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new year – and Keir Starmer returns to the Commons already under pressure. With major international...
International statesman or 'never here Keir'?
From 'regime change' in Venezuela to Russia's war in Ukraine, the Labour government is trying to navigate complicated situations across foreign affair...
Regime change in Caracas ... but not Westminster
It’s our first podcast back in the office of 2026 – and the year has started with a bang, of course, after the successful US operation to remove Nicol...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 04/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
This week, the US sends shockwaves across the globe with its capturing...
John Curtice: what to expect in 2026
James Heale sits down with Sir John Curtice, the doyen of British polling, to take stock of an extraordinary year in UK politics and to look ahead to...
Debate: is 2026 Kemi's year?
Regular listeners will remember back in May we recorded a podcast debating whether Kemi Badenoch was the right fit for Tory leader. At that point in t...
Dominic Cummings interview – search Quite right! now
Dominic Cummings joins Michael and Maddie to reflect on his time in government – what he got right and what he regrets – and what he believes must cha...
Reality Check: 2025 – tears, tariffs & taxes
2025 has been a busy year in economics, with tariffs, taxes – and even some tears. It's also been a busy year for the Spectator's economics editor Mic...
Year in Review 2025 – Live
From scandals and cabinet chaos to Trumpian antics and the ‘special’ relationship that some say is anything but, The Spectator presents The Year in Re...
Stephen Flynn on Reform, Sturgeon & a second referendum
The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, MP for Aberdeen South, joins Lucy Dunn for a special episode to assess the place of the SNP in British pol...
Who won 2025? with Quentin Letts
As is fast becoming a tradition on Coffee House Shots at this time of year, James Heale and Tim Shipman are joined by sketch writer Quentin Letts to g...
Daniel Finkelstein on anti-Semitism, Nick Fuentes & viral hate
Nick Fuentes is a 27-year-old American influencer with a growing following. He believes America has been subverted by rich, powerful Jews. He was rece...
A ‘classically awful’ PMQs to round out the year
Today was the final PMQs of the year – and it was certainly not a classic. It is customary for the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition to...
Why Britain needs to wake up to extremism
As the world reacts to the attacks on Bondi Beach in Australia, Conservative peer Paul Goodman joins Tim Shipman and James Heale to discuss the failur...
The Liaison Committee exposed Starmer’s weaknesses
It’s nearly Christmas, but there is still lots of excitement to be had in Westminster, including Keir Starmer’s trip to the Liaison Committee. This is...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/12/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
The government unveils its plan to reduce violence against women, as S...
Will Scotland switch course in 2026? with Gordon McKee
The Spectator heads into Christmas a little bit less Scottish as we bid farewell to our political correspondent Lucy Dunn. Before Lucy leaves for STV,...
‘Growth is not Labour’s priority, it’s hilarious’
The British economy is shrinking. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that GDP fell by 0.1 per cent in the three mo...
Does Farage really want to be Prime Minister?
How does Reform go from political insurgents to a government in waiting? Political editor Tim Shipman gives an insight into his interview with Nigel F...