Coffee House Shots podcast

Coffee House Shots

Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale, Lucy Dunn and many others. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale, Lucy Dunn and many others. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

#3126

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 po... more

Yesterday

17 MINS

17:30

Yesterday


#3125

‘Growth is not Labour’s priority, it’s hilarious’

The British economy is shrinking. Figures just released by the Office for National Statist... more

12 Dec 2025

13 MINS

13:28

12 Dec 2025


#3124

Does Farage really want to be Prime Minister?

How does Reform go from political insurgents to a government in waiting? Political editor ... more

11 Dec 2025

23 MINS

23:38

11 Dec 2025


#3123

Kemi is on a roll

Kemi Badenoch’s good form continues at Prime Minister’s Questions. The Tory leader was onc... more

10 Dec 2025

10 MINS

10:55

10 Dec 2025


#3122

Is a Ukraine peace deal inching closer?

This week Keir Starmer hosted the French President and the German Chancellor in Downing St... more

09 Dec 2025

13 MINS

13:03

09 Dec 2025


#3121

Why Kemi is safer than Keir

This morning Kemi Badenoch has staged a presser setting out the terms for a new (alternati... more

08 Dec 2025

12 MINS

12:06

08 Dec 2025


#3120

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 07/12/2025

Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. Youth unemployme... more

07 Dec 2025

16 MINS

16:00

07 Dec 2025


#3119

‘Superadvisers’ and the Starmer paradox: who really runs No. 10?

This weekend’s Coffee House Shots digs into the growing debate over whether Keir Starmer s... more

06 Dec 2025

23 MINS

23:42

06 Dec 2025


#3118

Brexit's back – and so is Truss

There has been a flurry of UK-European activity across Britain this week, with the German ... more

05 Dec 2025

15 MINS

15:19

05 Dec 2025


#3117

The murky world of political donations

Reform are in the money. This morning the Electoral Commission has dropped the latest figu... more

04 Dec 2025

14 MINS

14:49

04 Dec 2025


#3116

PMQs: at least Kemi is enjoying herself

It was PMQs today and it is clear to see that Kemi Badenoch is starting to enjoy herself. ... more

03 Dec 2025

14 MINS

14:57

03 Dec 2025


#3115

Lammy on trial over plans to scrap juries

Today we’re going to be talking about David Lammy, and his brand new plans to drastically ... more

02 Dec 2025

12 MINS

12:28

02 Dec 2025


#3114

Did Rachel Reeves lie?

Lots has happened over the weekend – Your Party (as they are now actually called) have pro... more

01 Dec 2025

15 MINS

15:07

01 Dec 2025


#3113

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 30/11/2025

Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. Rachel Reeves sa... more

30 Nov 2025

17 MINS

17:53

30 Nov 2025


#3112

Disraeli to Reeves: how each Chancellor drank their way through the Budget

Throughout the years, the only person permitted to drink inside the House of Commons is th... more

29 Nov 2025

33 MINS

33:54

29 Nov 2025


#3111

The black hole myth & the brain drain conundrum

With Budget week finally at an end, certain mysteries remain. Chief among them is why the ... more

28 Nov 2025

15 MINS

15:26

28 Nov 2025


#3110

The OBR on the Budget leak & why they're always wrong

Tim Shipman sits down with Professor David Miles of the Office for Budget Responsibility t... more

27 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:19

27 Nov 2025


#3109

Rachel Reeves’s farcical Budget

As Budget days go, today was unprecedented. The complete list of measures announced by Rac... more

26 Nov 2025

13 MINS

13:41

26 Nov 2025


#3108

Why Reeves's smorgasbord Budget won't fix Britain

James Nation, managing director at Forefront Advisers, and Michael Simmons join James Heal... more

25 Nov 2025

13 MINS

13:26

25 Nov 2025


#3107

Britain's expensive energy problem – with Claire Coutinho

Britain has an energy problem – while we produce some of the cleanest in the world, it's a... more

24 Nov 2025

15 MINS

15:56

24 Nov 2025


#3106

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 23/11/2025

Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. This week, Labo... more

23 Nov 2025

16 MINS

16:28

23 Nov 2025


#3105

Why Britain needs more Yimbys

Chris Curtis and Maxwell Marlow may have different political ideologies, but they agree on... more

22 Nov 2025

21 MINS

21:09

22 Nov 2025


#3104

Covid report: ‘a £200 million I told you so’

Yesterday we had the publication of the second module of the Covid Inquiry on the decision... more

21 Nov 2025

14 MINS

14:30

21 Nov 2025


#3103

Is Labour turning blue?

While we wait for the findings of the Covid Inquiry into the decision-making during the pa... more

20 Nov 2025

11 MINS

11:52

20 Nov 2025


#3102

PMQs: Labour's 'dog whistle politics'

Neither Kemi Badenoch nor Keir Starmer performed very well at Prime Minister’s Questions: ... more

19 Nov 2025

10 MINS

10:30

19 Nov 2025


#3101

Mahmood's right turn, as migration figures revised – again

Economics editor Michael Simmons and Yvette Cooper's former adviser Danny Shaw join Patric... more

18 Nov 2025

18 MINS

18:21

18 Nov 2025