It's the final day of the Conservative conference and the four remaining leadership hopefuls have been making their big pitches to the members. Kamal is joined by former Tory special advisor Henry Newman to listen through to the final speeches in Birmingham. They assess whether Tom Tugenhat brought enough energy, James Cleverly's digs at his rivals, Robert Jenrick's confused pledges and Kemi Badenoch's culture wars boasts. Plus, it was the first (and only) vice-presidential debate in New York la...
Oct 02, 2024•44 min
On the second day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham, former Cabinet Minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg joins Kamal and Tim to talk about taking Reform seriously, why we aren't talking enough about net-zero and why he has signed up to star in his own reality TV show. Plus, as the Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates, we're joined by shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell to talk about what this war means for the Middle East. We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or...
Oct 01, 2024•59 min
It's day one of the Conservative Party Conference and we hear from Liz Truss, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Sir Graham Brady... The Tory conference is underway in Birmingham and the mood is...surprisingly bouyant. Kamal is joined by Gordon Rayner to chat to Sir Graham Brady at a special live Telegraph event. The former chair of the 1922 committee reveals what he really thinks about each of the five PMs he saw come and go... And The Daily T’s Tim Stanley has been in conversation with Liz Tru...
Sep 30, 2024•43 min
The former Telegraph and Spectator Editor Charles Moore is in the studio with Camilla to discuss the future of conservatism ahead of the Conservative Party conference. He gives his verdict on the Tory leadership hopefuls - including why he's drawn to Tom Tugendhat - as well as the past five prime ministers, and where it all went wrong for the party. Plus, as the official biographer of Margaret Thatcher, he talks about why she would be huge on TikTok and how she would have dealt with Covid. Produ...
Sep 27, 2024•41 min
It’s possible the government “overdid it” at the start of the pandemic, said Sir Chris Whitty today. Camilla and Tim are reentering the lockdown debate, after the former chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry the government may have overstated the dangers of Covid in its early days. Have lockdown sceptics been vindicated? And — why has Camilla been unceremoniously dumped from her role interviewing Tory leadership candidates at their party conference next week? Plus, if your hackles are rai...
Sep 26, 2024•39 min
Keir Starmer has been humiliated by his own party members voting against the winter fuel cut, and has also doubled down on accepting gifts, in another wretched twenty hours for the Prime Minister. On the final day of the Labour conference, party members gave the government a bloody nose by voting to oppose the winter fuel allowance cut. It won't change anything, but Keir Starmer now has a party in open revolt against his leadership, with one union leader telling the crowd it's 'not what people v...
Sep 25, 2024•40 min
Keir Starmer struck a downbeat tone in his first conference speech since the election, promising to make "tough long-term decisions" to rebuild the country. Camilla and Kamal are live from Liverpool once again to pick apart the bones of the PM's speech, which saw him dismiss criticism of his unpopular policies as "water off a duck's back". They also get all of the latest conference gossip from political editor Ben Riley-Smith, who's spent the past few days hobnobbing with the great and the good ...
Sep 24, 2024•35 min
Camilla is in heaven: surrounded by Lefties, as Labour descends on Liverpool for its first annual conference since the election. But what should have been a jolly jamboree has been overshadowed by the cash-for-clothes scandal and a row over the winter fuel payment cut. Kamal and Camilla unpack Rachel Reeves speech - was it style over substance? - and speak to Jonathan Ashworth, the ousted Labour MP, about what the new government is getting wrong. We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@t...
Sep 23, 2024•43 min
Nigel Farage has given his speech at Reform's first conference since winning five MPs at the general election, and Robert Jenrick says English identity is 'under threat'. Kamal and Camilla review Nigel Farage's big speech at the Reform conference, their first since the election, with 4000 members at the NEC in Birmingham there to see him as he plots a course to become Prime Minister by 2029. They ask where Reform go from here and how they can grow from five MPs into a fighting force that Farage ...
Sep 20, 2024•42 min
The PM's chief of staff has taken a nice payrise that means she now earns more than her own boss, whilst Sir Freebies himself can't kick the habit as revelations of more gifts emerge. A BBC story that Sue Gray, Keir Starmer's chief of staff, asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 - £3,000 more than the PM - has Westminster in a gossip frenzy, with leaks, power struggles and disgruntled advisers dominating the headlines. It all comes as Sir Keir Starmer is under fresh scrutiny for accepting...
Sep 19, 2024•34 min
It reads like something out of a spy thriller: thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah fighters exploded on Tuesday, killing at least 12 and wounding nearly 3,000 people. We bring you the remarkable story behind the attacks, believed to be caused by explosives planted in the devices by Israeli agents. The Telegraph's senior foreign correspondent Roland Oliphant tells us whether the plot against Iran-backed Hezbollah could trigger an an all-out regional war. Plus, our man in Israel, Jotam Conf...
Sep 18, 2024•28 min
And Ed Davey attacks the Conservatives in his conference speech, but shouldn't he have really gone after Labour - the party actually in power? 4.3 million people could be out of work due to ill health by the end of this Parliament, ushering in an era of “disease and bankruptcy” for Britain, according to a new report from The Institute for Public Policy Research. Camilla and Kamal look at the report’s recommendations, including higher taxes on unhealthy foods, and ask if more nanny statism will r...
Sep 17, 2024•33 min
And as disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards is spared a custodial sentence today - what does it say about our justice system that he isn't in prison? The PM is known to be keen on a freebie - whether it's Arsenal tickets or expensive specs. Having accepted over £50,000 in donations in the last year alone from Labour peer Lord Alli, including clothes for his wife which he failed to properly declare, could 'Mr Rules' actually be the greediest PM ever? Plus, with Sir Freebies in Rome chatting to Ita...
Sep 16, 2024•40 min
Out-of-touch institutions for an entitled few or places of excellence offering essential support for kids who don't fit into state schools? Private schools have found themselves in Labour's crosshairs after it announced a controversial VAT rise, with the government now facing a potential high court challenge for breaching human rights. Camilla and Tim bust some of the myths surrounding private schools in the UK, hear from people who send their children there, and consider the impact of the VAT r...
Sep 13, 2024•37 min
Plus a chat with Sir Graham Brady about his favourite Tory PM and his new "tell-all" book about his long tenure as chairman of the 1922 committee. From "ballooning" waiting times to delays in A&E to deteriorating cancer care, Keir Starmer is blaming the Tories for all the NHS's problems. Camilla and Tim look at Lord Darzi's damning report and break down what’s really gone wrong. Sir Graham Brady, the former chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tories, tells us which Tory prime ministe...
Sep 12, 2024•39 min
We take you behind the scenes as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head for the first time in a live televised presidential debate on ABC. Camilla is joined by a bleary-eyed Tim Stanley, who stayed up all night watching, to dissect the two candidates' performance, and they're also joined by US editor Tony Diver who was in the 'spin room' afterwards as Trump arrived to tell everyone he'd had a 'great debate'. Plus - banning social media for under 16s, a good idea or just nanny state med...
Sep 11, 2024•37 min
Earlier today, thousands of convicts were released onto the streets before the end of their sentences to help alleviate overcrowding. Camilla Tominey and Gordon Rayner speak to the former prison governor Vanessa Frake-Harris who dealt with Moors murderer Myra Hindley and serial killer Rose West behind bars, and ask how to solve the crisis in our prisons. Plus, five have become four in the Tory leadership contest as Mel Stride was knocked out of the running in the latest round of voting. Camilla ...
Sep 10, 2024•33 min
David Davis tells The Daily T he thinks “the balance of probabilities” is that the killer nurse is innocent, just as the health secretary says the public campaign to free her is “crass and insensitive”. With an inquiry into her crimes due to begin this week, the veteran Tory MP is in the studio again to reveal his own conclusions about Letby’s case. We also hear from a Cambridge statistician who has raised concerns about the evidence used to convict the nurse of murdering seven babies. Plus, is ...
Sep 09, 2024•38 min
The favourite in the Conservative leadership race is in the Daily T studio for a cuppa, in our fifth and final interview with the remaining candidates. In this frank conversation, shadow housing minister Kemi Badenoch takes aim at her rival Robert Jenrick over his migration promises, addresses claims she’s too inexperienced to lead, and reveals her little-known talent for poker. We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcast P...
Sep 06, 2024•39 min
Was Tony Blair a political visionary who transformed Britain - or a warmongering hypocrite with a God complex? As the former prime minister publishes a new book about his lessons on leadership, Camilla, Kamal and Tim Stanley go head-to-head on Blair’s hotly contested legacy. Plus, it’s the issue that got you talking: when is a Union Jack actually a Union flag? We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcast Producers: Lilian Fa...
Sep 05, 2024•38 min
Kamal and Camilla give their verdict on the Tory leadership race result. Plus, who is to blame for Grenfell, and will anyone actually end up in the dock? Robert Mendick joins The Daily T again to discuss the Grenfell Inquiry’s final report and whether it gives the answers the survivors and bereaved have been waiting for. Don’t miss our deep dive episode on the deadly fire , including first-hand accounts of that night and why the inquiry is seen as a failure by many. We want to hear from you! Ema...
Sep 04, 2024•43 min
MP David Davis joins The Daily T to talk patriotism, the Oasis ticket fiasco, and the latest Tory leadership bid launch. The number of Britons who say they are proud of the country’s history has fallen dramatically, according to The British Social Attitudes Survey. So why aren’t we proud of Britain anymore? Plus, as Ticketmaster faces a Government investigation into ‘dynamic pricing’ , we ask if Labour should take the ticket giant to task or stay out of policing the free market. Producers: Lilia...
Sep 03, 2024•32 min
The Conservative leadership campaign launches are coming in thick and fast, with Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly formally kicking off their bids today. Camilla was at both events and gives her take on which of the candidates has the ‘X factor’ - and who might be a bit too ‘blokey’ to go all the way. Plus, the government has scrapped one-word Ofsted judgements following the suicide of a headteacher in 2022. Camilla and Kamal ask: is this a knee-jerk reaction that offers a solution to the wrong p...
Sep 02, 2024•35 min
It was one of the UK’s worst modern disasters - and yet seven years on, no one has been held accountable for the Grenfell fire. With the official inquiry’s final report set to be released, people are expecting answers. How did the London tower block catch fire so quickly in June 2017? Why did 72 people die? And who is to blame? A police investigation is still ongoing, meaning the bereaved and survivors of Grenfell Tower will have to wait until at least 2027 before anyone can face charges. Chief ...
Aug 30, 2024•43 min
Despite insisting for months pre-election that Labour wouldn't raise our taxes, chancellor Rachel Reeves now appears to be poised to do just that as Keir Starmer warns of a "painful" autumn budget. So who will get hit the hardest? Will taxes ever come down again? And how did our finances get into such a sorry state? Kamal and Camilla discuss all that and more. Plus - Labour's suggestion that they may ban smoking in outdoor spaces has provoked outrage. We look at whether there would be a health b...
Aug 29, 2024•29 min
He was sacked as Trump’s national security advisor in spectacular fashion in 2019, but foreign policy hawk John Bolton hasn't let that stop him from weighing in on US politics. As Kamala Harris closes the gap with Donald Trump, we asked Bolton if the Vice President has the political heft to lead the United States when global security is facing its greatest threats in decades. Plus: why Trump isn’t “fit to be president”, what he makes of the Republican VP pick JD Vance, and how he’ll be voting co...
Aug 28, 2024•45 min
It's the start of a new political season, and Keir Starmer has launched it with a downbeat speech promising a 'painful' short term future for the country with unpopular decisions ahead. The PM once more laying the blame for those decisions at the door of the Tories. But would he have been better trying to unleash a wave of optimism for a fresh new start under a new government? How long can he keep blaming the Conservatives? And does he have 'it'? Kamal and Camilla are back together to answer tho...
Aug 27, 2024•39 min
Welcome to The Daily T Investigates, a new series bringing you the best of The Telegraph’s investigative journalism from the heart of the newsroom. From Jimmy Savile to Huw Edwards, the BBC has in recent years been associated with a number of high-profile cases of paedophilia. But there have also been other cases of child abuse linked to the BBC, and now the organisation is facing fresh questions about whether it has done enough to protect children by properly vetting people coming into its offi...
Aug 23, 2024•50 min
British businessman Mike Lynch has been confirmed dead after his yacht sank off the Sicily coast during a freak storm earlier this week. Kamal and Tim Stanley speak to the Telegraph’s Albert Tait on the ground in Sicily and maritime salvage expert Bertrand Sciboz about what happens to the wreck now. Plus Kamal reflects on Mr Lynch and his interviews with him over the years. And on GCSE results day, Kamal and Tim pour over the stats and ask why the new Labour government want to tax private school...
Aug 22, 2024•36 min
He came with high hopes, but he left with no breakthrough. The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has just finished his ninth visit to the Middle East, attempting to negotiate a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. So is there anything to be optimistic about? Kamal and guest co-host Camilla Turner talk to former Oslo peace accords Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy about the major sticking points in negotiations and what if anything can overcome then. We also hear exclusive testimony from the fam...
Aug 21, 2024•38 min
