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Sep 30, 2025 • 48min

Farage hits back at Starmer’s “disgraceful” flag-waving diatribe

Jacob Rees-Mogg gatecrashes Labour Party conferenceJacob Rees-Mogg gatecrashes Labour Party conferenceSir Keir Starmer takes centre stage at the Labour conference as his leadership faces pressure from Andy Burnham’s party coup and the growing threat of Nigel Farage’s Reform. During his speech, the Prime Minister admitted that Labour had “patronised” working people on immigration, promising to ‘build a Britain for all’ as minister waved flags in the audience.Camilla and Tim react to ‘slippery’ Starmer’s performance after he announced plans to scrap Blair’s target of getting 50% young people in university, a major overhaul of the NHS and made claims that Nigel Farage “doesn’t like Britain”, calling the Reform leader a “snake oil merchant”.Camilla also caught up with Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting after he called for the return of his friend and colleague Angela Rayner during his speech.And Tim Stanley speaks to Labour donor energy boss Dale Vince about his first impressions of the conference, the future of his friend Corbyn’s Your Party, Gaza and the rise of Reform.Producer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganVideo Editors: Will Walters and Andy MackenzieExtra production: James EnglandExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman Watch:Jacob Rees-Mogg gatecrashes Labour Party conference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 29, 2025 • 38min

Reeves gives ‘deluded’ conference speech as Labour goes to war with itself

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her Labour conference speech in Liverpool to prepare the ground for Budget tax rises, despite the Government’s election pledge not to ‘increase taxes on working people’.Although she said she won’t take risks with the public finances, Reeves warned of “harder choices” to come, meaning working families could soon be paying the price for Labour’s big-spending promises.Reeves also took the chance to take a swipe at Andy Burnham, saying his economic plans were ‘dangerously wrong’.Camilla and Tim bring you inside the conference hall with the reaction to the Chancellor’s ‘hopelessly out of touch’ speech.Plus interviews with Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy and Paymaster General Nick Thomas-Symonds.Producer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganVideo Editors: Will Walters and Andy MackenzieExtra production: James EnglandExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 26, 2025 • 1h 2min

Unite leader Sharon Graham: Labour isn't being Labour. Farage could be PM

The first female general secretary of the Unite union is clear about her priorities: “jobs, pay, and conditions”. She is also convinced that Labour is failing to improve all three.Unite is one of the party’s biggest financial and political backers, but Sharon Graham says Labour has strayed from its working class roots. Now she is threatening to pull the union’s funding for the party entirely.In a wide-ranging interview, she tells Kamal Ahmed about where Starmer is going wrong; why Reform’s Nigel Farage “puts his finger on the pulse”; and the future of Unite’s relationship with Labour.Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorWe want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or follow @dailytpodcast on Instagram, X and TikTokProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor/Camera Operator: Will WaltersSocial Producer: James England and Ece CelikExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 25, 2025 • 33min

Inside Andy Burnham's far-Left plot to oust Keir Starmer

The Manchester mayor is on manoeuvres: Andy Burnham told the Telegraph that several Labour MPs have called on him to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.Tim and Camilla speak to Tony Diver, the journalist who got the scoop, to ask if Burnham could actually pull it off and about his history as a political chameleon, having served Blair, Brown and Corbyn.Meanwhile, is another embarrassing resignation in the pipeline for Starmer? His chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is under fire over reports of undisclosed donations.Conservative chairman Kevin Hollinrake explains why he thinks the police should investigate.We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or follow @dailytpodcast on Instagram, X and TikTokProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor: Will WaltersStudio Director: Meghan SearleSocial Producer: Ece CelikExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 24, 2025 • 42min

The truth about the rise of sharia law in Britain

Among the claims Donald Trump made in his blistering UN speech was that Sadiq Khan is “terrible” and “they want to go to sharia law”.The London mayor has called the comments “Islamophobic”, but are there legitimate concerns to be had about the "shadow system" of approximately 85 sharia courts operating in the UK?Camilla and Tim speak to Fiyaz Mughal, founder of anti-Muslim monitoring project Tell MAMA, about how sharia courts work and why they can be harmful – not least to women.Plus, ahead of a speech by Keir Starmer about “reclaiming the flag”, we ask what patriotism and flag-waving really mean in the UK today.Read: ‘Shadow system’ of Sharia courts challenges British justice Producer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor: Will WaltersStudio Director: Meghan SearleSocial Producer: Ece CelikExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 23, 2025 • 37min

Prince Andrew's biographer on why the King must cancel Fergie

After decades of gaffes and scandals, often involving her ex-husband Prince Andrew, it seemed Sarah Ferguson was on the path to royal redemption.That is until a series of her emails to Jeffrey Epstein were leaked, in which she called the convicted paedophile a “supreme friend”.Camilla and Tim are joined by royal biographer Andrew Lownie to react to the revelations about Fergie, who has been dropped as a patron by numerous charities, and to ask how the King should respond.Plus, after a remarkable press conference which saw President Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr promote misinformation about autism and paracetamol, Science Correspondent Joe Pinkstone debunks the myths.We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on X, Instagram and TikTok.Producer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor: Will WaltersStudio Director: Meghan SearleSocial Producer: James SimmonsExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 22, 2025 • 36min

'Too many come and don't work': Farage tells us his deportations plan

Reform UK says it will deport hundreds of thousands of legal migrants if elected to government.Nigel Farage has set out plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, ban migrants from ever accessing benefits or the NHS, and raise the language and salary requirements for all foreign nationals.Camilla caught up with the Reform leader to ask if the proposals are a “two-fingered salute” to business and if they risk alienating moderate Tory voters.Plus, with Ed Davey opening the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth via marching band, can the party be taken seriously as a political force? And are they either liberal or democratic any more? Tim is in Bournemouth to find out.We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on X, Instagram and TikTok.Producer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor: Will WaltersStudio Director: Meghan SearleSocial Producer: Jessica PhillipsExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 19, 2025 • 51min

Penny Mordaunt: I want to run for the Tories, Reform will be a disaster

In an exclusive interview with The Daily T podcast, Dame Penny Mordaunt opens up about losing her Portsmouth North seat at the 2024 General Election - and why she blames Rishi Sunak’s D-Day blunder for the defeat.The former Conservative leadership contender reflects on the Torie's time in power, her viral moment after carrying a sword during the Coronation and why she worked as a magician's assistant at uni. She also discusses the rise of Reform UK, why she’s backing Kemi Badenoch as a “prime minister-in-waiting”, and her own hopes to stand for Parliament again.Producer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor: Will WaltersStudio Director: Meghan SearleSocial Producer: Ece CelikExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 18, 2025 • 46min

Trump: Starmer must stop the boats and drill baby drill

Earlier today, President Donald Trump joined Sir Keir Starmer for a press conference at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country house.Camilla Tominey and Rob Crilly give their thoughts on the press conference in which Trump urged Starmer to ‘drill, baby, drill’ in the North Sea to cut energy bills and use the military to stop the boats. The leaders also spoke about the current conflicts, with Trump saying Putin had let him down and calling for the release of captives in Gaza. Tim Stanley also gives his thoughts on US television host Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation, and the double standards of free speech in America.And Camilla speaks the son of two British nationals who are currently detained in Iran on suspicion of espionage which the family denies.Producer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor: Will WaltersStudio Director: Meghan SearleSocial Producer: Laila HusseyExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 17, 2025 • 36min

Inside Trump's pomp-filled royal visit to Windsor

Donald Trump has spent the day at Windsor Castle as he undertakes the first day of his unprecedented second state visit to Britain.Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley were on the ground watching events unfold as the President touched down in his helicopter - ‘Marine One’ - at lunchtime, before taking a tour of the grounds at Windsor alongside the King and Queen.The Daily Telegraph’s Royal Editor Hannah Furness had unprecedented close-up access to Trump’s afternoon with the Royal Family and reveals what interested him most at an exhibition of artefacts marking America’s independence from the United Kingdom.Camilla and Tim also speak to two ardent MAGA supporters outside the castle, who explain why they think Trump has “done more for black people than any other President”.Producer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyVideo Editor: Will WaltersSocial Producer: Ece CelikExecutive Producer: Charlotte Seligman  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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