Boris Johnson wins The Spectators President Erdogan offensive poetry competition OldQueenTV 2026-09-23 | Boris Johnson wins The Spectators President Erdogan offensive poetry competition
Lucy Powell: ‘We do need a bit of a course correction’ OldQueenTV 2025-10-05 | The Labour deputy leader candidate says she wouldn't cause division, but Labour can't pretend 'everything is going great'.
Kemi Badenoch: ‘We have to hold our nerve’ OldQueenTV 2025-10-05 | The Conservative leader claims she will turn her party's fortunes around within four years.
Shabana Mahmood: police to be given new powers to deal with ‘cumulative’ protests OldQueenTV 2025-10-05 | Under new legislation, police will be able to restrict protests that cause 'cumulative disruption'.
Kemi Badenoch on where deportees will be sent: not here OldQueenTV 2025-10-05 | The Tory leader announces 'credible' plans to deport 150,000 people a year, but can't say where they would be sent.
Shabana Mahmood: We hear and feel that strength of feeling ourselves OldQueenTV 2025-10-05 | In the wake of the attack at a synagogue in Manchester, the home secretary is asked why Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was jeered by the crowd at a vigil held for the victims.
Ed Davey on asylum hotels: ‘Let’s call it what it is: an emergency’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-21 | The Lib Dem leader suggests hiring emergency case workers to deal with the asylum backlog, claiming it could be sorted in 'under six months'.
Mel Stride: Internal politics has driven recognition of Palestinian statehood OldQueenTV 2025-09-21 | The shadow chancellor says Labour's decision to recognise Palestinian statehood now doesn't apply any 'leverage' to achieve a two-state solution, and was motivated by party politics.
Husam Zomlot: ‘This is more about Britain than it is about Palestine’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-21 | The Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot says that the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state is a step towards peace, and that British people should celebrate 'history... being corrected'.
David Lammy: A ceasefire at this point lays in tatters. OldQueenTV 2025-09-21 | The deputy prime minister says that recognising Palestine's statehood is the first step on the road to a two-state solution and peace.
Ed Davey calls for Elon Musk’s arrest OldQueenTV 2025-09-21 | The Liberal Democrat leader says content on X is in breach of the Online Safety Act, and Musk should be arrested if he came to the UK.
Family of Virginia Giuffre say Peter Mandelson appointment shows ‘how deep the corruption is’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-14 | The siblings of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre argue that Mendelson should not have been appointed, and call for everyone in the Epstein birthday book to be investigated.
Peter Kyle: This government is delivering, with Keirs leadership OldQueenTV 2025-09-14 | Business Secretary Kyle says he is 'exasperated' with people not meeting Starmer's standards, but the government has delivered with its US deal and new investments into the country.
Laura Trott: ‘On the basis of the information that we have… the prime minister has lied’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-14 | The shadow education secretary accuses Starmer of lying to parliament, but resists calling for him to resign.
Peter Kyle: Free speech... is alive and well OldQueenTV 2025-09-14 | Business Secretary Kyle argues that the 'Unite the Kingdom' rally shows free speech is not under threat in this country.
Peter Kyle: We believed ‘at the time that the risk was worth it’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-14 | The business secretary says Mandelson's emails with Epstein had not been 'in reach' for the vetting team, and that his 'singular' talent meant the government believed his appointment to have been worth the risk.
Kemi Badenoch: ‘If people don’t like it, they’re welcome to leave’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-07 | The Conservative leader says her party are the only party talking about 'living within our means', and that Nigel Farage would make the economy worse.
Defence Secretary: Government is considering military sites to house asylum seekers OldQueenTV 2025-09-07 | John Healey says that military planners have been assigned to help Home Office planning, and that military sites could be used to temporarily house those who arrive on small boats.
Nigel Farage: ‘As soon as the law’s in place… we’ll stop [the boats]’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-07 | The Reform leader scales back his conference pledge to stop all small boats crossings in two weeks if he became prime minister.
Michael Gove: ‘The fundamental problem is Keir Starmer himself’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-07 | Spectator editor Michael Gove says the cabinet reshuffle won't solve the real problem - Starmer's lack of leadership. Michael Gove co-hosts new Spectator podcast Quite right! with Madeline Grant, available wherever you get your podcasts.spectator.co.uk/quite-right-podcast
John Healey: Starmer wants cabinet to ‘go up a gear now’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-07 | The defence secretary defends Labour on GB News, saying the cabinet reshuffle will make the government stronger, and that the resignation of Angela Rayner reflected the 'higher standards' of Keir Starmer.
Reform’s Zia Yusuf: Boris Johnson ‘one of the worst prime ministers in British history’ OldQueenTV 2025-09-07 | Reform's head of government efficiency Zia Yusuf says Boris Johnson would not be welcome to follow Nadine Dorries and join the party.
Resident doctors on strike as public support dips OldQueenTV 2025-07-27 | British Medical Association chair Tom Dolphin says doctors are being undervalued and are 'leaving the NHS in large numbers'.
Kemi Badenoch: ‘The rise of people telling everybody whatever it is they want to hear’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-27 | The Tory leader criticises the rise of populism, as Jeremy Corbyn's new party gains more members than the Conservatives.
Kemi Badenoch: ‘Labour are carrying out easy deportations, not the difficult ones’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-27 | Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claims the government needs to carry out more deportations, and the country still needs a third country deterrent like the Rwanda scheme.
Kemi Badenoch: ‘What I am seeing is Israel allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-27 | The Conservative leader says her support for Israel has not wavered, and a ceasefire will only happen when the hostages are released.
Treasury minister James Murray: ‘You can only recognise a state once’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-27 | Murray says the UK government is 'committed to the recognition of Palestine', but doesn't say when they might make it official.
Ed Davey: Move further towards renewable energy, not ‘expensive gas’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-20 | The Lib Dem leader says investing in renewables could 'halve businesses' energy bills within the decade'.
Kevin Hollinrake: ‘I’m worried it might just be shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-20 | The shadow housing secretary welcomes stronger regulation, and defends the privatisation of the water industry.
Farage on net zero: ‘This is not my religion’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-20 | The Reform UK leader claims that net zero policies 'defraud' UK taxpayers without impacting global emissions.
Farage on nationalising 50% of the water industry: ‘It doesn’t need to be a big sum of money’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-20 | The Reform leader can't name a figure for the cost of nationalising half of the water industry, but says the state needs 'some degree of control'.
Environment Secretary Steve Reed puts his job on the line over water targets OldQueenTV 2025-07-20 | Steve Reed discusses plans to halve water company sewage pollution by 2030.
Steve Reed: ‘If people think they’re more important than the team, they need to think again’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-20 | The environment secretary claims it is fair that the prime minister suspended four MPs.
Heidi Alexander: ‘When it comes to taxation, fairness is going to be our guiding principle’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-13 | Transport Secretary Alexander hints but does not confirm that there might be tax rises on the wealthy in the autumn budget.
Chris Philp: ‘I think they’re wrong’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-13 | Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says Reform don't have credible policies, after four former Conservative MPs defect to the party.
Heidi Alexander: Were not going to be able to do it on our own OldQueenTV 2025-07-13 | The transport secretary says the government's 'one-in-one-out' deal with France is a 'robust, workable deal'.
Camilla Tominey: ’You can’t possibly convince people… the economy is in a good state’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-13 | Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is grilled over the economy shrinking again in May.
Ofcom CEO: ‘It is a really big moment’ OldQueenTV 2025-07-13 | Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes talks about the new Online Safety Act regulations, which come into effect on the 25th of July.
