After the Labour party machine moved to block Andy Burnham from returning to Westminster, is Keir Starmer’s grip beginning to slip?And, with Suella Braverman’s long-anticipated defection to Reform UK, is Gavin Williamson next?

Michael and Maddie ask whether the so-called special relationship between Britain and the United States has finally reached breaking point. And, after Robert Jenrick’s dramatic defection to Reform UK, was his exit from the Conservatives motivated by principle?

Michael and Maddie examine Nadhim Zahawi’s dramatic defection to Reform UK and ask whether it strengthens the party’s insurgent credentials or exposes a deeper strategic mistake. 

This week: Donald Trump’s audacious raid on Venezuela, the scandal surrounding West Midlands Police and the banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, and are weight-loss jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy quietly reshaping society?

In part two, Dominic diagnoses the ‘pre-revolutionary’ mood of British politics, dismisses government promises on immigration as ‘total nonsense’, and delivers a sobering account of why the Conservative party is ‘completely dead’. Dominic also assesses the prospects of Reform and Nigel Farage and warns of an increasingly aggressive establishment response to outsider movements.

In part one, Dominic diagnoses Britain’s institutional decline and takes us inside Whitehall’s ‘heart of darkness’. He explains the ‘madness’ of the Human Rights Act, criticises Boris Johnson’s failure to pursue the mandate he was given, and revisits the government’s handling of Covid.

Michael and Madeline confront the horror of the Bondi Beach massacre and ask why anti-Semitic violence now provokes despair rather than shock.

After a summer in which Nigel Farage seemed to bend the news cycle to his will, Michael and Maddie ask whether the party’s momentum is slipping.

This week: Rachel Reeves reels as Labour’s Budget unravels – and a far-left Life of Brian sequel plays out in Liverpool.

This week: After leaked EHRC guidance threw Labour’s position on biological sex into disarray, Michael and Maddie ask whether Bridget Phillipson is deliberately delaying clarity on the law.

This week: a Commons showdown over asylum, a cold shower for Net Zero orthodoxy and, just because we can sequence Hitler's DNA, should we?

This week: a crisis at the BBC, a crisis of standards in our schools and a crisis in Hollywood over Sydney Sweeney's 'conservatism'.

This week: Rachel Reeves's Budget 'bollocks', the rise of 'nihilistic' violence in the UK, and *the* debate of the week: Halloween vs Bonfire Night.

This week: the great Home Office meltdown and the fury over the collapsed grooming gangs inquiry. Plus, the truth about being a landlord and Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau's 'hard launch'.

This week: the slow-motion disgrace of Prince Andrew, how multiculturalism failed in Birmingham and, as the British Museum attempt to out-glamour the Met Gala, have we reached peak luvvie?

This week: Michael and Maddie turn their sights to Westminster’s latest espionage scandal – and the collapse of the case to prosecute two men accused of spying for China. Meanwhile, as The Traitors returns, would Michael be a faithful, or a traitor?

This week: Michael and Maddie record Quite right! in front of a live audience at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester – with attendance down, the big question is whether Kemi Badenoch can survive as leader of the opposition.

This week: If Reform are ‘racist’ what does that say about Labour, Michael’s advice ahead of Tory conference and what Donald Trump and Emma Watson have in common. 

This week: the hell of party conference season, Tony Blair's ID card dystopia, why recognising Palestine is 'politics at its worst' and how Erika Kirk forgave.

This week: the shock defection of Danny Kruger to Reform UK’s ‘pirate ship’, why Boris is 'not welcome' in Nigel's teal team and can Britain's 'secret weapon' save the state visit?

In this bonus episode Michael and Madeline tackle two extraordinary political stories: the resignation of Peter Mandelson and the assassination of Charlie Kirk. 

This week: Michael and Madeline talk about Labour’s deputy drama, discuss whether Britain is sliding into a revolutionary mood a la France and investigate the claim that Margaret Thatcher was autistic. 

In their first episode, Michael and Madeline take stock of a political summer dominated by Nigel Farage, Tom Skinner and Sydney Sweeney.

For our pilot episode, The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove and assistant editor Madeline Grant interview Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth and notorious Westminster provocateur.