
The Daily T
When it comes to making sense of the news, it helps to have an insider’s perspective. Introducing The Daily T, a brand new podcast from The Telegraph.Camilla Tominey and Kamal Ahmed share their thoughts on the day’s biggest stories, with lively debate and informed discussion, as well as agenda-setting interviews with the key people who make the headlines, all from the heart of one of Britain’s biggest newsroomsCamilla and Kamal have been journalists for more than 20 years, with access to powerful figures and decision-makers - which means they're well placed to keep you ahead of what’s happening in the world.So step inside the newsroom every weekday for a frank, fearless and witty take on today’s headlines - because if you know your own mind, you’ll like what’s on ours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Nov 13, 2024 • 47min
You're hired: Why Trump has given Elon Musk a top job
And how Labour's Budget it threatening family firms.President-elect Donald Trump is handing out big jobs before his January inauguration and has announced that billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head a new Department of Government Efficiency to cut bureaucracy in the US Government.Kamal and Tim discuss Trump's current cabinet picks and if cutting the size of the state actually works.Plus, we're joined by the owner of a 135-year-old steelmaker who says he won’t be able to pass his business down to his children due to Labour's changes to inheritance tax.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 12, 2024 • 44min
William Hague on Justin Welby, cancel culture, and why he wants to run Oxford
The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned - the former Conservative Party leader reacts in real time.William Hague, former Tory leader and foreign secretary, is running for election again - this time to become chancellor of Oxford University. He joins Kamal and Gordon in the studio to explain his concerns about freedom of speech on campuses, how Starmer should convince Trump to back Ukraine, and why he would vote against the assisted dying bill.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 11, 2024 • 44min
Will the Archbishop of Canterbury have to resign?
Justin Welby is facing growing calls to resign after a report found the Church of England covered up “abhorrent” abuse.The review said Archbishop Welby “could and should” have reported the case to authorities when details of the abuse of more than 100 boys and young men at the hands of serial predator John Smyth were presented to him in 2013. Archbishop Welby admitted he had “personally failed to ensure” it was investigated, but that he had “no idea or suspicion of this abuse” before 2013.Kamal and Gordon Rayner are joined by The Telegraph’s Religious and Social Affairs Editor Janet Eastham to talk through what Welby did and didn’t know and whether his position is tenable.Plus, as farmers prepare for a mass rally in London against the rise in inheritance tax, Kamal and Gordon speak to one of the organisers who says that Labour have “picked a fight with the wrong people”.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Andy McKenzieStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 8, 2024 • 56min
Kemi Badenoch's biggest backer reviews her first week
And Trump will leave NATO, says his former national security adviser.Kemi Badenoch has completed her first week as Leader of the Opposition. Kamal and Gordon are joined by the veteran MP David Davis to assess her first Prime Ministers' Questions and shadow Cabinet picks - and how she can propel the Tories back to government in 5 years’ time.Plus, President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to end the Ukraine war “in 24 hours” could see Kyiv being forced to give up territory to Russia. So says John Bolton, who worked in Trump's previous administration. He tells the Daily T what he expects from foreign policy under Trump 2.0.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 7, 2024 • 33min
Starmer's Trump problem: Is the special relationship dead?
Donald Trump's win puts Keir Starmer and Labour in an awkward position.The PM leads a party that has described Donald Trump as racist, misogynistic and a fascist. He is now the most powerful man the world. So is it over for the special relationship?Kamal Ahmed and Tim Stanley discuss what UK-US relations might look like in Donald Trump's second term in office and whether Starmer will be able to work successfully with the new President.They also discuss where the Democrats and Kamala Harris went wrong, and what lessons the left need to learn from Trump's victory.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 6, 2024 • 33min
How Trump won and what it means for the world
Reaction from Washington DC on a night of drama as Trump takes back The White House.ItIt is a stunning victory that will go down in history. Only the second President ever to return for a second, non-consecutive term, and the first to have a criminal conviction - Donald J Trump is back in The White House.Camilla spills the beans on her night at a Republican watch party in the capital as the results rolled in. While US Editor Tony Diver joins Kamal to try and get a sense of how Trump achieved the impossible, where it all went wrong for Kamala Harris and what a second MAGA presidency could look like for the US, the UK, Europe and the world.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: Meghan SearleSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 6, 2024 • 18min
Trump surges towards Presidential win
It looks as if Donald Trump is very close to victory in the US election, as he defied a major poll and won the state of Iowa after picking up a wave of red states including Texas, Florida, Ohio and Indiana. Join Camilla and Kamal for this bonus episode of The Daily T, bringing you up to date on the Former President's likely return to the White House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 5, 2024 • 50min
US Election: Inside the final Trump rally
It’s polling day in America and the candidates have made their final pleas to the public, with both choosing the vital swing state of Pennsylvania to do it. But will it be Donald Trump or Kamala Harris who wins the race to the White House? With Kamal in the studio in London, Camilla headed out onto the highway for a 250-mile road trip to Pittsburgh to watch former President Trump speak and find out what it is about him that draws the big crowds. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris was also in the city with a star-studded line-up featuring singers Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. The Telegraph’s Susie Coen brings us a report from the night.Producers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 4, 2024 • 32min
A new shock poll - is it over for Trump?
The idea that Kamala Harris is ahead in Republican stronghold Iowa has America reeling - but how much can we read into it?With just twenty-four hours to go until polling day, America has been sent into a frenzy with a shock poll from the Republican-held state of Iowa that puts Kamala Harris 3% ahead of Donald Trump. It wasn’t a state that was even in the conversation before, so does it mean Trump’s campaign is suffering subsidence? And can it be replicated elsewhere?Kamal is in the studio in London and Camilla is in Washington to digest another wild weekend in the US election, and get the expert opinion on the Iowa poll from our Head of Data Ben Butcher.Plus, Telegraph columnist and Daily T presenter Tim Stanley explains why he believes Donald Trump isn’t the monster the left portrays him as.Producers: Lilian Fawcett & Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallStudio Operator: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 2, 2024 • 24min
Kemi Badenoch is the new Conservative leader
Live reaction from the result announcement in central London.Kemi Badenoch has secured a resounding victory in the Conservative leadership election, defeating Robert Jenrick with 57% of the membership vote.Camilla and Kamal were in the room when the former business secretary called on Tories “get down to business” and win the next election. They react to the result and hear from MPs who backed Badenoch and Jenrick about the party’s need to unite.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganProduction Co-ordinator: Ryan GudgeVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallCamera Operator: Andy MackenzieOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.