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by The Telegraph · English
Welcome to The Daily T: The Telegraph’s straight-talking, free-thinking podcast. Join Associate Editor Camilla Tominey and Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley as they unpack the day’s biggest stories with their typical candour and humour. Listen to intelligent debate on UK politics, culture and foreign affairs. Plus, don’t miss exclusive interviews with influential figures and expert guests, from Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch to Prince Andrew’s biographer. Get an insider’s view of the stories setting the news agenda. Listen every weekday from 5pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Michael Gove on knifing Boris, if Farage can be PM, and why people assume he's gay
Michael Gove discusses his role in the 2016 Brexit leadership turmoil (“knifing” Boris Johnson), why he withdrew support, and whether Boris could have stayed PM; he then assesses the Reform UK…
12 Sep 2025 · 55m · 24 chapters
Starmer's integrity in tatters over Mandelson sacking
The episode argues that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s “integrity” is damaged by sacking Peter Mandelson as US ambassador after newly surfaced emails about Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey…
11 Sep 2025 · 39m · 10 chapters
Why Mandelson’s Epstein mea culpa won’t cut it
UK PMQs and Telegraph reporting over Peter Mandelson’s “mea culpa” after links to Jeffrey Epstein, arguing it’s insufficient for his continued role as UK ambassador to Washington; also compares Kemi…
10 Sep 2025 · 39m · 15 chapters
Kemi says trust Tories not Reform on the economy. But do voters care?
The Daily Tea discusses Kemi Badenoch’s push to make the Conservatives look “trusted on the economy” and her proposed welfare savings, while also covering Labour’s deputy leadership race and whether…
9 Sep 2025 · 32m · 12 chapters
Starmer's reset derailed by the unions
The episode argues that Keir Starmer’s “reset” is being derailed by Labour internal politics and union pressure, with the immediate flashpoints being London tube strikes and a deputy leadership…
8 Sep 2025 · 43m · 21 chapters
Farage rules as Rayner resigns
The episode is a live political commentary from the Reform UK conference in Birmingham after Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigns.
5 Sep 2025 · 44m · 21 chapters
Rayner clings on – but for how long?
The episode debates Angela Rayner’s tax/second-home controversy and whether Keir Starmer can remove her, then shifts to a royal interview about Elizabeth II’s relationship with Number 10 and…
4 Sep 2025 · 39m · 22 chapters
Will ‘tax-avoiding’ Rayner stay or go?
The episode debates whether Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner should resign after admitting she underpaid tax via a stamp-duty arrangement on an £800,000 seaside property in Hove…
3 Sep 2025 · 28m · 11 chapters
Is the British countryside racist?
The episode debates “Is the British countryside racist?” after a University of Leicester Centre for Hate Studies report.
2 Sep 2025 · 37m · 16 chapters
Starmer hangs Reeves out to dry again — is the Chancellor toast?
The episode is a political roundup arguing that Keir Starmer’s “mini reshuffle” is designed to set Rachel Reeves up to fail ahead of a worsening budget.
1 Sep 2025 · 43m · 17 chapters
George Finch: The teenage Reform council leader taking on the ‘blob’
George Finch, 19, Reform UK’s youngest council leader, discusses governing Warwickshire County Council, challenging “woke” policies, flag rules, immigration/“community cohesion,” education and SEND…
29 Aug 2025 · 50m · 20 chapters
Did my brother Jeffrey Epstein really kill himself?
Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, argues the official conclusion that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in prison (Aug 10, 2019) is contradicted by alleged evidence gaps and autopsy…
28 Aug 2025 · 37m · 14 chapters
Is Meghan's Netflix series another 'exercise in narcissism'?
Review and discussion of Meghan Markle’s Netflix lifestyle series, plus a broader Royal Roundup covering Prince Harry’s September UK visit, possible reconciliation with William/Charles, the…
27 Aug 2025 · 46m · 23 chapters
Could a Farage government solve the small boats crisis?
Reform UK’s “Operation Restoring Justice” plan for the small boats/illegal immigration crisis, launched at Oxford Airport, arguing for rapid detention and deportation to stop arrivals.
26 Aug 2025 · 42m · 15 chapters
The King's former butler on what life is really like in the Royal family
Former royal butler Grant Harrold explains what life is really like serving the British royal family, from etiquette and household routines to personal interactions with King Charles (then Prince…
22 Aug 2025 · 53m · 13 chapters
Jacob Rees Mogg and Maurice Glasman: Britain must lead on Ukraine & Labour's working class disaster
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Maurice Glasman debate Britain’s economy and inflation, Labour’s immigration and working-class strategy, constitutional limits on government, and how the UK should lead on Ukraine.
21 Aug 2025 · 44m · 16 chapters
Lindsey Thompson: I'm an Epping "pink lady" - we're ordinary people, not far-right thugs
Epping’s Bell Hotel migrant accommodation is ordered to close after a High Court temporary injunction, amid protests by “Pink Ladies” parents and counter-demonstrations involving Antifa.
20 Aug 2025 · 34m · 14 chapters
Ben Wallace: Trump still hasn't put any pressure on Putin
Ben Wallace discusses the Trump-Zelensky summit and argues it was largely “theatre,” with no real US pressure on Vladimir Putin, plus broader critiques of European/UK defence spending and what a…
19 Aug 2025 · 42m · 20 chapters
Can Starmer save Zelensky from another Oval Office ambush?
The episode discusses Zelensky’s upcoming Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump after the Trump-Putin Alaska summit, and asks whether Keir Starmer can prevent another “ambush” like the last Oval…
18 Aug 2025 · 28m · 13 chapters
Reform chairman David Bull: ‘It can't be the Nigel Farage show’
Dr. David Bull, newly appointed chairman of the UK Reform Party, discusses taking over after Zia Yusuf, Reform’s voter base, and the party’s priorities on immigration, crime, LGBT issues, net zero,…
15 Aug 2025 · 46m · 21 chapters
Ash Sarkar: I underestimated Nigel Farage, he’s outflanking Labour
Left-wing critique of UK politics, focusing on Ash Sarkar’s views of Keir Starmer/Labour, Jeremy Corbyn’s new party (with Zahra Sultana), and Nigel Farage/Reform; plus her broader arguments about…
14 Aug 2025 · 43m · 15 chapters
Chris Philp: ‘I had a knife pulled on me in Calais migrant jungle’
Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, visits a migrant camp near Calais/Grand Sainte outside Dunkirk and says a machete was pulled and waved at him while he spoke to migrants; he also reports being…
13 Aug 2025 · 40m · 20 chapters
Are Trump and Putin about to carve up Europe?
A discussion of whether a Trump–Putin summit in Alaska could lead to Ukraine being forced into territorial concessions (“carving up Europe”), plus a separate segment reviewing Nicola Sturgeon’s…
12 Aug 2025 · 32m · 11 chapters
Why Labour’s two-tier education system is failing working class pupils
Labour’s “two-tier” education system is failing white working-class pupils, with discussion of attendance, exclusions, and proposed reforms; second segment shifts to how campaigners used data and…
11 Aug 2025 · 48m · 17 chapters