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Coffee House Shots

Daily political analysis from The Spectator’s top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale and many others.

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What will break the Manchester deadlock? Oct 19, 2020

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The government is today expected to announce whether Greater Manchester will be placed into a tier three lockdown after negotiations with Andy Burnham continued over the weekend. Why have the talks been so protracted? Does the Mayor disagree with lockdown, or simply want more financial support? Cindy Yu speaks to James Forsyth and Katy Balls.

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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Interviews Roundup - 18/10/20 Oct 18, 2020

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Isabel Hardman hosts the highlights from Sunday's political shows, with clips from Andy Burnham, Michael Gove, Rachel Reeves, Kate Green and Jeremy Farrar.

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Kate Andrews: Why I switched to Biden Oct 17, 2020

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The Spectator's economics correspondent Kate Andrews talks to Freddy Gray about why she is voting for the Democrats with a heavy heart.

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Are we heading for no-deal again? Oct 16, 2020

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Boris Johnson today told Brits to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, saying the European Union were 'not willing' to offer a Canada-style trade agreement. Is this really the end of the talks, or is progress being made behind the scenes? Katy Balls speaks to Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth.

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Why has Boris's Covid strategy backfired in the North? Oct 15, 2020

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Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, today slammed the government for attempting to put the region in the highest tier of Covid-19 restrictions, saying the North would not be a 'sacrificial lamb'. Why has the three-tier system backfired on the government? John Connolly speaks to Katy Balls and James Forsyth.

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Will Boris be dragged into a second lockdown? Oct 14, 2020

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A paper to be published by Sage scientists today claims that more than 7,000 lives could be saved if the government imposes a two-week 'circuit breaker'. With Keir Starmer today saying the policy would be in the 'national interest', Katy Balls speaks to Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth about whether Boris could put Britain into lockdown again.

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Is the government no longer 'following the science'? Oct 13, 2020

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New documents from Sage show minutes from late September in which scientists advised a circuit breaker lockdown. It's clear that the government didn't take that advice. So is No 10 no longer 'following the science'? Cindy Yu talks to Katy Balls and James Forsyth.

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Will the three-tier system backfire on Boris? Oct 12, 2020

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A three-tier system of coronavirus restrictions is set to be announced today, but the government is still locked in negotiations with local authorities over the financial support given to areas at the highest level. With a growing number of Tory backbenchers coming out against harsher measures, could the new system backfire on the PM? Isabel Hardman speaks to Katy Balls and James Forsyth.

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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Interviews Roundup - 11/10/20 Oct 11, 2020

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Isabel Hardman rounds up the highlights from Sunday's political shows, with clips from Robert Jenrick, Nicola Sturgeon, Jonathan Reynolds and Councillor David Greenhalgh.

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What's behind Labour's coronavirus strategy? Oct 10, 2020

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John Connolly, Katy Balls and Patrick Maguire discuss Sir Keir Starmer's shift in approach to the government's Covid measures.

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