The Edition
The Spectator's flagship podcast featuring discussions and debates on the best features from the week's edition. Presented by Lara Prendergast and William Moore.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 359
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Le crunch: the coming Brexit showdown
As the UK and the EU both set out what they want to get in the upcoming trade negotiations, are they heading for an almighty Brexit showdown (00:40)? We also have a look at the constitutional reforms…
00:40:33 |
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Here comes Bloomberg: can this billionaire beat Trump?
This week, has Mike Bloomberg blown his presidential hopes with a disastrous TV debate (00:50)? Plus, has the BBC really gone downhill (12:05)? And last, Toby Young reveals all about his first stand …
00:39:17 |
Thu 20 Feb 2020
Marooned: Is Europe's centre-ground shrinking?
This week, as Sinn Fein enters coalition talks with Fianna Fail, is Ireland’s election result a sign of a European trend (00:40)? Plus, No 10 is going to war over the deportation of a number of Jamai…
00:40:57 |
Thu 13 Feb 2020
Terror cells: have our prisons become finishing schools for extremists?
In the aftermath of the Streatham attack, we take a look at how our prisons became finishing schools for extremists (00:40). Plus, what on earth happened in the Iowa caucus (11:25)? And last, is ther…
00:32:50 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
Done.
It’s finally Brexit day. So has the country’s healing process begun (00:55)? Plus, what does the coronavirus tell us about modern China (11:35)? And last, is it time we start talking about death (20:…
00:31:15 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Le bromance: is there a new Anglo-French alliance?
As France enters its 62nd weekend of protests, President Macron’s honeymoon is well and truly over. But has he found a new friend in Boris Johnson (00:45)? Plus, what is the problem with the Labour l…
00:34:14 |
Thu 23 Jan 2020
Charles's gambit: will slimming down the monarchy save it?
This week, ‘Megxit’ has divided the nation – but could slimming down the monarchy actually be a good idea (00:50)? Plus, Ireland goes to the polls next month – how could the next Taoiseach impact Bre…
00:36:34 |
Thu 16 Jan 2020
Iran unbowed: Trump's dangerous game in the Middle East
It’s been a week since Qassem Soleimani was assassinated. In this episode, we ask – has Trump’s decision actually united the Middle East (00:30)? Plus, as the Labour leadership contest gets underway …
00:39:45 |
Thu 09 Jan 2020
The Edition at Christmas: games, poems, and Christmas pastimes
How do you and your family spend Christmas? In the Christmas issue of the Spectator, broadcaster and author Gyles Brandreth writes about the generations old traditions in his family of playing games …
00:15:42 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Hong Kong one
It’s been a protest unlike any other that China has seen. Since June, hundreds of thousands – by some estimates millions – of Hong Kongers have protested against the government. What was sparked by o…
00:16:26 |
Sat 21 Dec 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Trump one
At the start of the year, Trump was locked in a fight with the Democrats over the funding for his wall, leading to a weeks long government shutdown. As Trump faces impeachment this week, has much cha…
00:22:56 |
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The Edition at Christmas: the Brexit one
At the start of the year, Theresa May had just survived a no confidence motion from her own party, but she was barely clinging on. Cross-party MPs, aided by John Bercow, defeated the government in vo…
00:26:26 |
Thu 19 Dec 2019
Oh yes he did! What will five years of Prime Minister Johnson look like?
This week, politics becomes a little less volatile as Boris Johnson achieves the biggest Tory majority since Margaret Thatcher. So what happened in this election, and what next (00:50)? Plus, China h…
00:39:42 |
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Nightmare on Downing St: just how bad would it be?
With just a week to go until polling day, we take a look at what Corbyn’s Britain would look like (00:45). Plus, is planting more trees the panacea to climate change (16:15)? And last, how young is t…
00:37:29 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
The final furlong: can Boris make it?
With two weeks to go until the election, the latest polling shows a majority of 68 for the Conservative party. So can anything still trip Boris Johnson up (00:50)? One of those events could be Trump’…
00:36:14 |
Thu 28 Nov 2019
Remain's last stand: can they unite against Boris?
This week, as the Tories continue to lead in the polls, Lara speaks to Alastair Campbell about what Remainers can do to turn things around (00:45). Plus, Venice is holding an independence referendum …
00:41:25 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
Can Nigel Farage take the Tories to victory?
The Conservatives like to say that their road to electoral victory is steep and narrow, but has Nigel Farage broadened out that path this week (00:50)? Plus, is it time to grant amnesty to illegal im…
00:36:12 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Who can take Trump on?
America goes to the polls next year, but can any of the Democratic candidates take Trump out (00:45)? And with our own election coming up, what happens if you can no longer vote for the party you’ve …
00:35:20 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
A vote is born: how unpredictable is this election?
This week, an election has officially been called – so what do the major parties need to do to win (00:55)? Plus, Trump goes back into Syria – we look at how pressures back home are shaping up his fo…
00:38:30 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
The last try: will Boris get his election?
This week, the government looks close to the finishing line – now all Boris needs is an election (00:40). And as months of grenade attacks blight Swedish neighbourhoods, we get to the bottom of why S…
00:38:06 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
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