The Daily T

In Friday’s episode of The Daily T, Tim Stanley looks ahead to the US midterm elections after Donald Trump dropped out of his final two rallies in Kansas and Iowa. Tim speaks to Poppy Coburn, The Telegraph’s Associate Comment Editor, who is in Washington to cover polling day next week. They run through the key states and candidates, and Poppy shares her take on the atmosphere in the capital. Tim a...

In Thursday’s episode of The Daily T, Tim Stanley and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg are joined by Allister Heath, the Editor of The Sunday Telegraph, to discuss John Healey’s maiden Budget. Allister described it as a “nothing-burger” of a Budget and said that “a lot of things will get worse” over the next two years as a result of the Chancellor’s measures. The three weighed up the prospect of the nation goi...

In Wednesday’s episode of The Daily T, Tim Stanley and Jacob Rees-Mogg are joined by financial journalist and host of the Investing Unlocked podcast Georgie Frost to react to John Healey’s maiden Budget as Chancellor. Speaking immediately after the Chancellor’s speech, Tim welcomed some of the measures, such as the winter fuel payment, but criticised how Mr Healey was funding it, saying that the i...

In Tuesday’s episode of The Daily T, Tim Stanley and Jacob Rees-Mogg are joined by Sir Ben Wallace, the former Tory defence secretary. Sir Ben has accused the Government of falsifying spending on the defence budget in order to appear closer to reaching the pledged 3 per cent of GDP by 2030. He criticised the Government for taking only a superficial step towards the target and falling behind its Eu...

In today’s bonus episode of The Daily T, Tim Stanley and Jacob Rees-Mogg analyse the prospect of an early general election as rumours of the major parties preparing to campaign swirl in Westminster. The pair analyse the likelihood of Andy Burnham triggering a snap vote following this week’s Budget, and how big of a gamble it would be for the Prime Minister to go to the polls before Christmas. Tim...

On Monday’s episode of The Daily T, Tim Stanley and Jacob Rees-Mogg are joined by Lucie Kon , an award-winning Jewish documentary-maker who won a £400,000 payout from the BBC over claims she was the victim of anti-Semitism and was bullied out of the broadcaster. Kon said she had been victimised after the Oct 7 terrorist attacks by colleagues who said Zionists such as her were “evil”. The BBC was a...

In this week’s episode of The Royal T, Camilla Tominey and Hannah Furness, The Telegraph’s royal editor, preview the King and Queen’s forthcoming royal tour of the Caribbean. Camilla and Hannah discuss the tense political backdrop of the trip as some of the Caribbean Commonwealth nations are calling for Britain to pay out slavery reparations. They look ahead to the Commonwealth summit and the poig...

On Friday’s episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley are joined by Sir Jeremy Hunt and Lord Lamont of Lerwick to discuss John Healey’s upcoming Budget. The two former chancellors of the exchequer examine why Labour’s likely approach of raising taxes on banks and businesses could stifle economic growth, and why reducing the national debt is so important. Sir Jeremy is critical of Lab...

On Friday’s episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley react to the news that Thomas Markle Sr , the Duchess of Sussex’s estranged father, is being investigated for allegedly possessing child abuse images. They examine whether the Duchess’s previous behaviour and the decision to distance herself from her father is more understandable, and ask whether there is a need to reevaluate the...

In Thursday’s episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley are joined by Reform UK’s Danny Kruger to discuss the party’s decision to report ITV to the police over its undercover sting . The MP for East Wiltshire claims that “the law has been flagrantly broken, as in this case, outrageous deception by ITV, including breaking electoral law, pretending to be canvassers”. Kruger, Reform UK...

In Wednesday’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley analyse Andy Burnham’s defence of his record in office at Prime Minister’s Questions where he spoke about the Government’s decision to approve the Jackdaw project in the North Sea. The pair also look at the Speaker of the House of Commons’s scathing attack on Miatta Fahnbulleh, the Energy Secretary. Next, Camilla and Tim discu...

In Tuesday’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley discuss Andy Burnham’s “cringe” decision to appear on LadBible’s “Agree to Disagree” podcast, where the Prime Minister answered questions such as “Is VAR ruining football?” and “What is your favourite Oasis song?”. The presenters questioned whether the Prime Minister was “fiddling while Britain burns” by focusing on “fixing litt...

In Monday’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley discuss why the riots and looting have unfolded across France over the past few days, and how Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has reacted. Camilla and Tim debate whether Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s proposals for closer ties with the EU make sense considering the political issues and state of unrest in some of its member...

Camilla Tominey speaks to Sir Chris Bryant , the Northern Ireland Secretary, in the Sunday Showdown edition of The Daily T. The pair lock horns over Brexit , the prospect of a second referendum and the Government’s portrayal of the UK as a growth leader among G7 and eurozone economies. Camilla questions Chris about the Prime Minister’s claims that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 Brexit vote...

Poppy Coburn and Michael Deacon discuss Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, whose awkward first briefing saw her mistakenly refer to the president as her husband, and Trump’s controversial AI videos. They also cover Andy Burnham’s claims of Russian interference in Brexit, Gordon Brown’s alleged attendance at an exorcism, Tom Cruise’s box-office flop Digger and Oxford University’s l...

In Friday’s episode of The Royal T , Tim Stanley and Hannah Furness are joined by India McTaggart, The Telegraph’s Royal Correspondent, to discuss the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s visit to Nottingham . The trio examine how much the Sussexes’ appearance resembles that of a visit by working members of the Royal family, despite their status as private citizens. The also debate whether the pair are se...

In today’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley discuss the ITV News investigation into Reform UK, which saw councillors filmed on camera expressing racist and sexist views . They discuss whether this expose is a case of “a few bad apples” or reflects an attitude within the political party itself. Camilla and Tim react to the views expressed by the Reform councillors in the und...

In today’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley discuss Andy Burnham’s “gaffe-laden” return to Prime Minister’s Questions after the party conferences. They look at how Burnham doubled-down on his claims of Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum vote after Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, challenged him about putting “his foot in his mouth”. They discuss how h...

In today’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Jacob Rees-Mogg are joined by David Davis, the former Brexit secretary. They discuss Andy Burnham’s comments over Russian interference with the vote – and the PM’s subsequent backtracking. Mr Davis accused the Prime Minister of politics that are “performative, not real”, adding that “ as a mayor, he got away with saying what he liked and nobo...

In today’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey is joined by Jacob Rees-Mogg to discuss Andy Burnham’s “obsession” with Brexit. The Prime Minister has told MPs in Parliament that it is his “duty” to pursue a closer relationship with the EU and claimed in an interview that Russia interfered with the referendum in 2016. Jacob wants the PM to “grow up” and stop fixating on Brexit – and describes...

In today’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley speak to Andrew Griffith, the shadow chancellor, from the Conservative Party conference. Camilla and Tim challenge Griffith on the party’s pledges to cut welfare and scrap inheritance tax on family homes, with Tim asking how he would respond to a claim that he was “repeating Liz Truss’s mistake of promising something that country...

Michael Deacon and Poppy Coburn discuss the Conservative Party conference, Kemi Badenoch’s plans to take on Reform, inheritance tax and the Tories’ proposed prison-building programme. They also look at Suella Braverman’s unlikely new reality TV pairing with Katie Price, and reflect on the death of novelist and former politician Jeffrey Archer. Plus, they debate the Green Party’s decision to define...

Today’s episode of The Daily T reacts to Zack Polanski’s defeat in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election and whether or not this will lead to the Green Party leader being ousted. They discuss how much damage last week’s “Zionism is Racism” motion had done to the party and Mr Polanski’s absence has undermined his reputation and standing within the party. Tim considers whether despite defeat in the...

Today’s episode of The Daily T follows the news that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor won his High Court case over police raids on his homes. Gordon Rayner, The Telegraph’s Associate Editor, joins Camilla Tominey to explain what will happen to his confiscated possessions and what it means for the ongoing police investigation against him. Meanwhile, Camilla and Tim Stanley are also joined by Hannah Furne...

In today’s episode of The Daily T from the final day of the Conservative Party conference, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley give their reaction to party leader Kemi Badenoch’s powerful and punchy speech to delegates and supporters. Camilla believes it displayed a more human side to the Tory leader as she discussed race, identity politics, defectors of her own party to Reform UK as well as her polic...