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Hegseth Brands Congress ‘Unpatriotic’ In Fiery Iran Hearing
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- Hegseth Brands Congress ‘Unpatriotic’ In Fiery Iran Hearing
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- 1 hour ago
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- “[Hegseth’s hearing] has been a really contentious couple of days.”
Hegseth has been “unrepentant” while being questioned by Congress over military expenditure and the revelation that the Iran war has so far cost $25 billion, says US reporter Harriet Alexander.
Harriet Alexander was speaking to Kait Borsay on Times Radio Evening Edition. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7–10pm.
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- Antisemitic Attacks: Action Needed Against Those Trying To ‘Poison Our Society’ | Phil Rosenberg
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- 2 hours ago
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- “We need to get on the front foot against these people who are poisoning our society.”
The Jewish community is “anxious” about the society we live in, and racism needs to be checked not only by government and police, but society as a whole, says president of the board of deputies of British Jews Phil Rosenberg.
Phil Rosenberg was speaking to Kait Borsay on Times Radio Evening Edition. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7–10pm.
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- Trump’s Unpopularity Could Mean Republican Gerrymandering Is Futile | George Grylls
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
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- “[The midterms] look to be a very grim night for the Republicans as it stands.”
Trump is “so unpopular” that, despite all the efforts the Republicans have gone through to “change the playing field”, they still may not end up winning the extra seats, says The Times’s George Grylls.
George Grylls was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday–Thursday from 4–7pm.
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- Did King Charles Save The Special Relationship?
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- 3 hours ago
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- KIng Charles and Queen Camilla's four-day visit to the US has concluded. Leaving on good terms with President Trump, the King and Queen were welcomed to the White House with pomp and pageantry matching Trump's affection for the monarchy. While the trip has been seen as a success, it was underscored by a deep diplomatic rift regarding military intervention in Iran. Will Trump's friendship with Charles have any lasting effect on the UK-US special relationship?
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- Louisiana Ruling Is A Major Step In Trump’s Attempt To Curb Democratic Momentum
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
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- “The partisan impact will be asymmetrical.”
The GOP is doing everything it can to “take strong Democratic districts” and carry out tactics that will “convert them to lean Republican”, says The Wall Street Journal’s Supreme Court reporter, James Romoser.
James Romoser was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday–Thursday from 4–7pm.
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- Inside the Night Washington Descended Into Chaos | Gerard Baker & Katy Balls
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
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- Katy Balls was inside the room when gunshots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
She tells Gerard Baker what she saw as guests were told to get down, cabinet members were rushed out, and Washington was thrown into panic.
Plus: Trump’s response, security questions, and America’s political violence problem.
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- Trump 'Clearly Has Some Health Affliction' That The Whitehouse Won't Talk About | Aaron Rupar
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
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- “If the story wasn’t anything major, there would be no reason for the White House not to just come clean.”
Trump’s rambling is “probably a result of age”, but the reasons the White House has given for the bruising on his hands “don’t pass the smell test”, says journalist Aaron Rupar.
Aaron Rupar was speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 2-4pm.
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- Nothing Can Save Starmer From A Scathing Local Election Result | Robert Crampton
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
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- "Keir Starmer could rescue ten babies from a burning building and people would still think he’s a bit of a plonker."
Corbyn-like youthful enthusiasm is "bubbling up" for the Greens, fuelled by both "scathing scepticism" for the establishment and disdain for the Prime Minister, says The Times's Robert Crampton.
Robert Crampton was speaking to Daniel Finkelstein on The Times at One. Listen every day , 1-2pm.
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- British Army Turns To 65 Year Old Vets As Retention Gap Widens
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- 7 hours ago
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- “We have a well-documented recruitment and particularly retention problem, and it is not addressing that.”
Although increasing the age veterans can be recalled up to 65 is “pragmatic” given the risks we face, it fails to address the main problems, says former MP Sarah Atherton.
Sarah Atherton was speaking to Daniel Finkelstein on The Times at One. Listen every day from 1pm.
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- Trump Shows ‘Remarkable Level Of Social Intelligence’ | Matthew Syed
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- 7 hours ago
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- “He is totally fluent in the new media in the way that other politicians aren’t.”
Trump shows his “remarkable level of social intelligence” as he identifies that gap between what ordinary people say and what they’re allowed to believe, says The Times’s Matthew Syed.
Matthew Syed was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday 10am-1pm.
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- Trump Could Block Iran Ports For Another Month | Former British Diplomat
- Date posted
- 8 hours ago
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- "It's not really a ceasefire, when you have a blockade of Iranian ports and an Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz".
The US-Iran conflict will not be ending any time soon, says former British Ambassador to Yemen, Edmund Fitton-Brown as he says Trump will "want to give his blockade time to work".
Edmund Fitton-Brown was speaking to Daniel Finkelstein on The Times at One. Listen every day from 1pm.
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- Matthew Syed: ‘I’m On Farage’s Side On This Issue’
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- 9 hours ago
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- “On this particular issue I’m very much on Nigel Farage’s side.”
The Times’s Matthew Syed tells Times Radio there is a “hideous antisemitism” in the Green movement as he finds himself in agreement with the Reform leader that the UK hasn’t been tough enough on hatred against Jews.
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- 'Anger In Jewish Community' At Government For Not Taking Their Safety Seriously | Steven Swinford
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
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- “There's a gap between that rhetoric and what [Starmer's] actually done.”
It has taken the current government, as well as previous lawmakers, too long to pass legislation to proscribe the IRGC and protect Jewish families, says political editor for The Times Steven Swinford.
Steven Swinford was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am.
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- Top Labour Figures Would ‘Kamikaze’ The Party If Rayner Tried To Become Leader | Charlotte Ivers
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- 10 hours ago
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- “There are sufficient people at the top of the Labour Party… who are horrified by the idea of Angela Rayner becoming prime minister.”
The Times’s Charlotte Ivers thinks if Keir Starmer does step down as prime minister, Labour wouldn’t make Rayner prime minister.
Charlotte Ivers and Will Lloyd were speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 6am-10am.
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- Q&A: More Pain For Starmer But 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' For Iran
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- Sir Keir Starmer has dodged a bullet on the Mandelson vetting scandal but did he expend too much political capital in the process? With local elections around the corner he’s not out of the woods yet, so what can we expect from next week's results? And more than 60 days into the Iran war, Trump has proclaimed there's 'No more Mr. Nice Guy' - so are we about to see renewed military action from the USA? Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones are here to answer your questions in our monthly Q&A.
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- Proscribe The IRGC To Prevent Further Antisemitic Attacks | Sir Ed Davey
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- "It's been really unacceptable that successive governments have not proscribed the IRGC."
The Lib Dems have "long called" for the IRGC to be proscribed due to their backing of antisemitic attacks in the UK, says Sir Ed Davey.
Sir Ed Davey was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am.
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- It's Safer For Jews In Israel Than In London | Israel Deputy Foreign Minister
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- "This is what it means to globalise the intifada, bring terror, violence and death to the streets of London".
Following the Golders Green stabbings, the Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel says that a 'globalised intifada' has come to the streets of London.
Sharren Haskel was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday from 6-10am
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- Nigel Farage Is Being Bankrolled By A ‘Sugar Daddy’ | Fraser Nelson
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- “It means that Nigel Farage has a kind of sponsor, a kind of sugar daddy.”
The Times’s Fraser Nelson says Reform’s bankrolling by crypto bosses is a “major” conflict of interest, as Nigel Farage is under fire for not declaring a £5 million gift by Christopher Harborne to fund his personal security.
Fraser Nelson was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday from 6-10am.
A spokesman for Reform UK said: “This was a personal unconditional gift that was given before he was elected. We are confident everything has been declared in accordance with the rules.”
Harborne said of the donation: “I wasn’t expecting anything in return apart from ensuring his safety.
“I gave him the money because of my great admiration for the decades of work he had done to achieve Brexit. He had stood down from politics and barely had any income before he went into the [I’m a Celeb...
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- Golders Green Attack: 'We Will Not Change The Way We Live' | Lord Wolfson KC
- Date posted
- 13 hours ago
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- "We will continue as proud British Jews."
When asked if he'd feel safe returning to Golders Green after yesterday's stabbing, shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson KC says he ate at a restaurant there to show that Jewish people in London will "keep carrying on".
Lord Wolfson KC was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am.
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- There Is A Significant Groundswell Of Hate Towards Jews | Jewish News
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- 14 hours ago
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- "People like Mr Polanski and like his Deputy Leader Mothin Ali are playing politics with the hatred that the Jewish community are regularly experiencing"
After the Anti-Semitic stabbings in Golders Green yesterday, Daniel Sugarman the deputy editor of Jewish News, tells the Times Radio Breakfast Show how the Jewish community is feeling.
Daniel Sugarman was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday from 6am-10am
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- Iran Facing US Military Action As Trump’s Patience Begins To Wear Thin | Former Vice Admiral
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- “I’m confident that if the regime can’t be convinced to negotiate at this point, they’ll have to be convinced to negotiate after further hostilities.”
If the US naval blockade, which Trump says is “choking” Iran, does not convince the regime to come to the negotiating table, then “we’ll have to start combat”, which “won’t go well for them”, says former Vice Admiral in the US Navy, John W. ‘Fozzie’ Miller.
John W. ‘Fozzie’ Miller was speaking to Kait Borsay on Times Radio Evening Edition. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7–10pm.
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- Golders Green Attack Proves Polanski Was Wrong About Antisemitism | Chair, Labour Friends Of Israel
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- “Today, for people like them, needs to have removed all doubt that this is a real problem.”
After Zack Polanski’s comments differentiating safety and the “perception” of safety of British Jews, chair of Labour Friends of Israel Mark Sewards MP says it is “time for politicians who say things like that to acknowledge that they were wrong.”
Mark Sewards and Adam Boulton were speaking to Kait Borsay on Times Radio Evening Edition. Listen live every Monday - Thursday 7-10pm.
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- Kremlin’s ‘Humiliating’ Victory Parade To Expose Russia’s Military Struggles
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- 1 day ago
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- “These parades have been quite an accurate reflection of the problems the Russian army has been having in Ukraine.”
Russia’s annual military parade is often seen as a showcase of what is happening on the battlefield. So the fact that there will be no military equipment is a humiliating reflection on the Kremlin, says Russian investigative journalist and security expert Andrei Soldatov.
Andrei Soldatov was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every day from 4–7pm.
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- Trump Is Trying To Use The FCC To 'Coerce The Free Press' Into Saying What He Wants | Tom Wheeler
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- “That’s the message: ‘Watch out — we’re coming for your licences if there are things that you do that we don’t like.’”
The US media regulator, the FCC, has said it is reviewing Disney’s television broadcast licence after Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about Melania Trump, in what Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, says is an attempt to send the message: “You’d better play ball with us”.
Tom Wheeler was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every day from 4–7pm.
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- Trump, the King and the Week That Shocked Washington | Gerard Baker & Katy Balls
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- 1 day ago
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- After an assassination attempt on President Trump threatened to derail the Royal Visit, King Charles has gone on the charm offensive -- with some mild and elegant rebukes. Katy Balls describes the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' attitude inside the White House Correspondents' Dinner. And as the former FBI director James Comey is charged with endangering the president's life, we discuss the weaponisation of political violence.
Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times
Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal
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- Now Is The Moment To Rethink The Transatlantic Relationship | Jeremy Hunt
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- 1 day ago
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- “We in Europe have not been defending ourselves for the last 75 years.”
Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says the King’s state visit has provided the opportunity to recognise the “fundamental” change in our relationship with the U.S.
Jeremy Hunt was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live everyday from 4-7pm.
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- Backlash Grows Over Trump’s Plans to Build 250ft ‘Arc de Trump’
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- 1 day ago
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- “This is not reflective of American values.”
Trump’s plans to build new monuments, including a 250ft Victory Arch in Washington DC and a ballroom, are “a violation of the democratic process” and “universally opposed”, says former member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Bruce Redman Becker.
Bruce Redman Becker was speaking to Daniel Finkelstein on The Times at One. Listen every day, 1-2pm.
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- Gen Z America’s ‘Non-Partisan’ Shift Away From Israel
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- 1 day ago
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- “[There is] a real cut off between millennials and Gen Z, who tend to be more critical, maybe more hostile, towards Israel than those 45 and older.”
Whilst older generations subscribe to the “legend of Israel”, hostility towards the state from younger individuals comes from the “annexation of land, wars and brutality” they have seen in their lifetimes, says American pollster John Zogby.
John Zogby was speaking to Daniel Finkelstein on The Times at One. Listen every day from 1pm.
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- Michael Jackson Movie ‘Shouldn’t Have Been Made’ | Tom Shone
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- 1 day ago
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- “It’s unwise to indulge in a hero worship of a man who might possibly turn out to be guilty of child rape.”
The allegations of child abuse are an “ignorable detail” and the filmmakers behind the biopic depicting the life of Michael Jackson until the late 1980s have chosen not to face it, says The Sunday Times’s film critic Tom Shone.
Tom Shone was speaking to Daniel Finkelstein on The Times At One. Listen live on Times Radio every Monday-Thursday from 1pm-2pm.
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- Ruby Wax: I Thought Trump Was Joking When He Told Me He Wanted To Be President
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- “I found him the most difficult man I’ve ever met.”
Ruby Wax recounts her wildest celebrity interviews, including the time she thought Donald Trump was joking about wanting to run for president - and then threw her off his plane.
Ruby Wax was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live Monday-Thursday 10am-1pm.
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- How To Solve Britain’s Antisemitism Problem | CEO, Antisemitism Policy Trust
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- 1 day ago
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- “We are looking to the government to implement its social cohesion action plan, to try and deal with some of the root causes.”
The answer to solving the problem of rising antisemitism can’t simply be to “build higher walls and put in place more security” says Danny Stone, CEO of the Antisemitism Policy Trust.
Danny Stone and Tom Nunan were speaking to Daniel Finkelstein on The Times at One. Listen every day from 1pm.
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- Labour Election Results Could Be ‘Worse Than A Catastrophe’ | Robert Crampton
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- 1 day ago
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- “Expectations are low, but I don’t think they’re low enough.”
Labour’s results at the upcoming local elections could be “worse than a catastrophe” for the party, as Reform and the Greens look like they’re taking more of their voter base, says Times columnist Robert Crampton.
Robert Crampton and Charlotte Ivers were speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 10am-1pm.
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- Why Borders Are Necessary To Help Define Individual Identity
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- 1 day ago
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- “I guess you kind of need that other group on the other side of the valley or now this fence to actually realise your own culture and your own identity.”
Borders between countries are “inevitable” and can help different groups of people define themselves culturally says travel writer and author of Along the Borders: In Search of what Divides and Unites the British Isles Richard Collett.
Richard Collett was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live everyday from 10am-1pm.
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- Starmer’s Mandelson Saga Is Sapping Away At His Political Capital | Tom Peck
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- 1 day ago
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- “When you whip MPs to save your skin… it all saps away at your political capital.”
Starmer’s Mandelson scandal is “not terminal” but just another thing added to the “memory bank” of his MPs, says The Times’s sketch writer Tom Peck.
Tom Peck was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every day Monday-Thursday, 10am-1pm.
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- Where The Russians Who Fled Conscription Are Now
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- 1 day ago
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- Journalist Jason Corcoran explains what happened to up to a million Russians who fled Putin’s regime in the wake of his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Jason Corcoran was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live everyday from 10am-1pm.
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- Salisbury Poisoning: Not Protecting Sergei Skripal Was ‘A Mistake’ Says Ex-Counter Terror Chief
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- 1 day ago
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- “I think it’s fair with hindsight to have seen that as a mistake, that this person wasn’t protected.”
The fact that Novichok poisoning victim Sergei Skripal, a former double agent, was living in Salisbury unknown to anybody in national security must “raise eyebrows”, says Neil Basu, former head of the counter terrorism police.
Neil Basu was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live from 6am-10am.
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- LIVE PMQs Unpacked: Keir Starmer Faces Grilling After Surviving Key Vote
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- 1 day ago
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- Hugo Rifkind is joined by Times chief political commentator Patrick Maguire and The Spectator's political editor Tim Shipman to pause and unpack the action live from PMQs. Keir Starmer faces a grilling after surviving a parliamentary vote on whether he would face an ethics inquiry over Peter Mandelson’s appointment.
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- ‘The Punishment Election’: Is Labour Facing A Bloodbath In Wales?
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- South Wales has been a Labour heartland since the party formed over a century ago, but speak to people there today and you'll find support leaving in droves. So can Labour avoid an electoral car crash? Could the other main parties capitalise? Ahead of the Welsh Senedd elections next week, we travelled to Swansea to take the political temperature.
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- King Charles Had Congress Wishing He Could Be President | Andrew Billen
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- 1 day ago
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- “Half of them had thought, if only he could run for president.”
King Charles created a rare united energy in a deeply divided Congress, at a time when “politicians are not behaving in the way they’re meant to,” says The Times’s Andrew Billen.
Andrew Billen and Edwina Currie were speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday from 6am-10am.
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- UK Government Fear Its Played Its Royal Card Too Soon | Katy Balls
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- 1 day ago
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- “They're pretty cautiously optimistic that they're going to get a couple of days at least of good press from the president.”
The UK government is hoping King Charles’s visit will help US-UK relations but it appears to be a sticking plaster solution, says The Times and Sunday Times’s Washington editor and columnist Katy Balls.
Katy Balls was speaking Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day 6-10am.
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- We Need To Stop ‘Demonising’ Landlords | Kirstie Allsopp
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- 2 days ago
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- “That is where you should base this whole conversation is, we need landlords.”
The government needs to stop “demonising” landlords in order to have productive conversations about a rent freeze, says broadcaster and property expert Kirstie Allsopp.
Kirstie Allsopp and Harry Quilter-Pinner were speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday from 6-10am.
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- Musk V Altman ‘A Total Circus’ As Judge Lectures Tech Bosses To Stay Off Social Media
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- 2 days ago
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- “It’s very much a headteacher talking to two 12-year-olds.”
The atmosphere inside the court on the first day of the trial over OpenAI was “a total circus”, reports Times Tech Podcast’s Danny Fortson, with the judge telling Elon Musk and Sam Altman to stop slinging insults at each other over social media.
Danny Fortson and Dominic O’Connell were speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am
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- How Somali Pirates Exploit Strait Of Hormuz Crisis
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- 2 days ago
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- “There are a lot fewer vessels patrolling the area… the opportunities for pirates have increased.”
Reports of two groups currently operating off the Somali coast are taking advantage of the shift in the attention of global powers as the Strait of Hormuz crisis continues, says senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies Tim Walker.
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- King Charles Issues ‘Pretty Direct’ Warning To US Congress About Power Without Checks and Balances
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- 2 days ago
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- "In terms of the UK-US relationship, I think he’s played a blinder."
King Charles made “very barbed” comments to the US Congress, reminding Americans that in their democracy, “executive power is subject to checks and balances”, says British diplomat and former Brexit counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington, Alexandra Hall Hall.
Alexandra Hall Hall was speaking to Kait Borsay on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7–10pm.
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- Starmer Avoids Embarrassment After MPs Vote Down Privileges Committee Referral | Adam Boulton
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- 2 days ago
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- “There’s not going to be… further comparisons with Boris Johnson.”
Times Radio’s Adam Boulton says Morgan McSweeney’s hearing this morning was “good news” for the Prime Minister since he avoids the “embarrassment” of a Priveleges Committee Investigation
Adam Boulton, Richard Foord MP and Karl Turner MP were speaking to Kait Borsay on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 7-10pm.
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- The Nature Of The Special Relationship Is Ever Changing | Sir Nigel Sheinwald
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- 2 days ago
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- “It clearly isn’t the same as the special relationship which Churchill was talking about in 1946.”
Former UK ambassador to the US Sir Nigel Sheinwald says the special relationship is “clearly different” than in the past in response to current British ambassador to the US, Christian Turner, saying America’s only “special relationship” is “probably Israel”, not the UK.
Sir Nigel Sheinwald was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4-7pm.
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- UK Ambassador To US Comments Are ‘Very Embarrassing’ At A Sensitive Time | Fraser Nelson
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- "The most embarrassing moment possible for the ambassador."
Everything the UK Ambassador to the US, Sir Christian Turner, said about the special relationship was “true”, but delivering those remarks to a room full of students was a “serious misjudgement”, says The Times’s Fraser Nelson.
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- Trump Speech Offers Hope To UK In A Time Of Tumultuous Relations
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- "What this visit is about is using soft power... to try and improve the relationship with the country that is the most powerful country in the world."
Trump’s speech welcoming the King on his US state visit was “as good a start as you could have hoped”, says Lord Barwell, former chief of staff to Theresa May.
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- Decreased Healthy Life Expectancy Could Have ‘Huge Impacts’ On Workforce
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- 2 days ago
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- “In 90% of places, the healthy life expectancy now is below the state pension age.”
The decline in healthy life expectancy could have a “knock-on effect” leading to a potential “watershed moment” in our health system, say host of 'The Farmacy' Podcast, Dr. Rachel Ward
Dr. Rachel Ward was speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 2–4 pm.
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- New UK Ambassador's Major Gaffe Could Disrupt the King’s Attempt To Reach Trump | David Charter
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- 2 days ago
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- "It was designed to get maximum attention and also maximum embarrassment."
Trump’s speech welcoming the King to the US was as if “the last few weeks of sniping comments” towards Starmer had never happened, but leaked comments made by the UK ambassador could threaten the peace, says The Times’s David Charter.
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