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Coffee House Shots

Instant political analysis from the Spectator‘s top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Katy Balls, James Heale, Isabel Hardman, Cindy Yu, Kate Andrews and many others.

Instant political analysis from the Spectator‘s top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Katy Balls, James Heale, Isabel Hardman, Cindy Yu, Kate Andrews and many others.

Coffee House Shots

Boris admitted to hospital

Tonight, the Prime Minister is admitted to hospital for tests; the Queen gives a statement to the nation; and Catherine Calderwood steps down as Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer after having been found to flout her own social distancing rules.

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Keir Starmer’s first challenges as Labour leader

As expected, Keir Starmer has won the Labour leadership contest. But it’s not an easy time to become the new leader of the Opposition. What are his first challenges?

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Has Sweden got it right?

Unlike the UK and most of Europe, Sweden hasn’t locked down its population. What explains its difference in approach? Plus, what does the government’s coronavirus exit strategy look like?

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Matt Hancock’s Gordon Brown moment

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Why is Boris Johnson’s popularity surging?

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Is the government failing on testing?

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Is social distancing working?

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Is the West failing to rise to the coronavirus challenge?

Katy Balls talks to Sophia Gaston, Director of the British Foreign Policy Group, and Cindy Yu about the Western and Chinese responses to the coronavirus.

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What Boris’s coronavirus diagnosis means for the government

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What is Sunak’s stimulus for the self-employed?

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Is an immunity test around the corner?

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Who’s to blame for the tube overcrowding?

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Britain enters lockdown

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Is the government’s coronavirus approach confused?

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What does coronavirus mean for Britain’s prisons?

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Did the government just nationalise wages?

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Can this virus really be beaten within 12 weeks?

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The unanswerable question on coronavirus

The government today announced that schools will be closed come this Friday. Boris Johnson wasn’t able to answer when they will resume, but James Forsyth says in today’s Coffee House Shots podcast that this is only the beginning of stricter social measures, some of which could become compulsory in the not distant future. Rumours abound

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The Sunak stimulus

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Is the country ready for life under coronavirus?

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Can the government keep the public’s trust?

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Mervyn King on Radical Uncertainty

Fraser Nelson talks to Mervyn King about the limits of economics, where the number crunching in 2016 went wrong, and the sort of Brexit we should have.

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Will coronavirus cause a Brexit delay?

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The political risk of Boris’s coronavirus strategy

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Podcast LIVE: Budget Special

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Will Rishi Sunak’s Budget splurge pay off?

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How Boris’s Brexit team plan to avoid repeating May’s mistake

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Is No 10 ready for the financial hit of coronavirus?

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What would Keir Starmer’s first 100 days look like?

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Will this be a coronavirus Budget?

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