The Edition Podcast
1) Britain’s guilty men, Labour’s reset & do people care about ICE more than Iran?
Who really runs Britain: the government, foreign courts or international lawyers? This question is at the heart of Michael Gove’s cover piece for the Spectator this week, analysing the role of those a...Show More
2) Trump's Arctic madness, political treachery & banning social media
Another week, another foreign policy crisis – this time over Greenland. America's European allies watched as Trump increased the tension over the Arctic territory, only to announce he 'won't use force...Show More
3) Iran’s useful idiots, Gordon Brown’s second term & the Right’s race obsession
As the world watches events in Iran, and wonders whether the US will intervene, the Spectator’s cover this week examines 'British complicity in Tehran’s terror’. When thinking about what could ha...Show More
4) The 'boring twenties', population decline & happy new year
A far cry from the ‘roaring twenties' of the early 20th Century, the 2020s can be characterised as the ‘boring twenties’, argue Gus Carter and Rupert Hawksley in our new year edition of the ...Show More
5) From Porn Britannia to Political Chaos: The Spectator’s Year in Review
The Spectator’s senior editorial team – Michael Gove, Freddy Gray, Lara Prendergast and William Moore – sit down to reflect on 2025. From Trump’s inauguration to the calamitous year for Labour, a new ...Show More
6) From The Queen to Bonnie Blue: The Spectator’s Christmas Edition 2025
The Spectator’s bumper Christmas issue is a feast for all, with offerings from Nigel Farage, Matthew McConaughey and Andrew Strauss to Dominic Sandbrook, David Deutsch and Bonnie Blue – and even ...Show More
7) Benefits Britain, mental health & what’s the greatest artwork of the 21st Century?
‘Labour is now the party of welfare, not work’ argues Michael Simmons in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The question ‘why should I bother with work?’ is becoming harder to answer, ...Show More
8) Defending marriage, broken Budgets & the 'original sin’ of industrialisation
'Marriage is the real rebellion’ argues Madeline Grant in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The Office for National Statistics predicts that by 2050 only 30 per cent of adults will be...Show More
Defending marriage, broken Budgets & the 'original sin’ of industrialisation
35:37 | Nov 28th, 2025
9) Labour's toxic budget, Zelensky in trouble & Hitler's genitalia
It’s time to scrap the budget, argues political editor Tim Shipman this week. An annual fiscal event only allows the Chancellor to tinker round the edges, faced with a backdrop of global uncertainty. ...Show More
10) BBC in crisis, the Wes Streeting plot & why 'flakes' are the worst
Can the BBC be fixed? After revelations of bias from a leaked dossier, subsequent resignations and threats of legal action from the US President, the future of the corporation is the subject of this w...Show More