Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 28/06/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. One week on from the end of Keir Starmer's premiership, Labour all...
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Is Britain ungovernable?
We are on course for yet another prime minister – our seventh in just ten years. With statistics like that, and after watching the now-famil...
Would Burnham be 'Labour's first female PM'?
Another agenda-setting cover piece from Tim Shipman has ruffled feathers in Westminster. The controversy centres on a line from a senior Lab...
How to solve Britain’s maternity crisis
Donna Ockenden's report on Nottingham NHS maternity scandal is out today, revealing 'horrendous' failings. It involves cases of negligence,...
Kemi Badenoch’s victory lap
Supercharged by a by-election victory in Aberdeen South and Starmer’s resignation, Kemi Badenoch delivered a drive-by at PMQs today. She too...
Does Burnham have a plan? (No)
Andy Burnham is back in Westminster, Sir Keir Starmer has resigned and Wes Streeting has said he will not contest the leadership election. L...
It's over – Keir Starmer resigns
It’s over. Sir Keir Starmer has finally done the deed and quit. After years spent berating the Tories for constantly changing leader, fighti...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 21/06/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. Keir Starmer is on the brink. Is he announcing his departure on Mo...
Why Makerfield changes everything | Tim Shipman, James Lyons, Luke Tryl & Michael Simmons
Andy Burnham has won what may come to be seen as the most consequential by-election in recent memory. Political journalism has a tendency to...
Andy Burnham wins by a landslide – what happens next?
In the end, it was not even close. Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election by a landslide, putting him on course to be Britain’s nex...
LIVE: The Brexit Debate | Michael Gove & Claire Fox vs Dominic Grieve & Matthew Parris
Watch The Brexit Debate in full at https://www.spectator.com/brexit Ten years on from the Brexit referendum, Britain is far from taking flig...
How quickly could Starmer be deposed?
Voters head to the polls tomorrow in Makerfield for what could be the most consequential by-election in modern British history. If Andy Burn...
How to beat Burnham | with Reform UK's Gawain Towler
Westminster is braced for the Makerfield by-election at the end of this week but – as we get closer to polling day – opinion seems to have s...
Why Trump’s Iran deal won’t save Starmer
Donald Trump has announced a deal to end the war between Iran and the US, but in Westminster, the relief comes with serious questions. What...
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/06/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. John Healey's resignation puts Keir Starmer in trouble again. And...
Can Starmer survive the MoD exodus?
A second defence minister has resigned in protest at Keir Starmer’s failure to fund Britain’s armed forces. Al Carns, a former Royal Marines...
‘It’s beyond embarrassing, it’s dangerous’: why Britain must fund defence | Sir Richard Barrons
Britain’s defence review is now a year old – but the government is still arguing over how to pay for it. John Healey, the (now former) defen...
Defence Sec resigns: 'Keir can't keep Britain safe'
John Healey has resigned as Defence Secretary. In a blistering letter to the Prime Minister, he said: ‘You have been unable, and the Treasur...
Kemi Badenoch's remarkable turnaround
For the second week in a row, PMQs comes in light of a disturbing instance of violent crime. Last week, ministers were recoiling at the shoc...
What Kemi Badenoch told Tim Shipman
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was interviewed last night by The Spectator ‘s Political Editor, Tim Shipman, in front of a live audience...