In The Room

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• Andy Burnham waited his whole life to deliver this speech – here's how it landed

  September 30, 2026 · 35 min

  In The Room hits Liverpool for Labour Party Conference. Cleo heads into the hall, fringe events, protests and the media pen, talking to delegates, campaigners and lobbyists to get a feel for Andy Burnham’s Labour. Helen takes a different…

• Burnham’s Trump test – and the Lib Dems' identity crisis

  September 22, 2026 · 37 min

  The Liberal Democrats are the third-largest party in the Commons, but where do they fit into Andy Burnham’s Britain? Following Ed Davey’s Brighton conference speech, we ask what the party actually stands for and uncover a surprising…

• Reform’s £72m war chest - and how real are AI doomsday warnings?

  September 16, 2026 · 50 min

  Reform’s money trail is still dominating the headlines, with two billionaire donors handing the party £72m in just 48 hours. Meanwhile, the Representation of the People Bill is making its way through the Lords. We look at why attempts to…

• Farage’s scandal-hit conference and Burnham’s next big test

  September 8, 2026 · 46 min

  Westminster is back, and so is conference season, beginning with Reform’s scandal-hit gathering in Birmingham. Helen was there, and gives her verdict on whether Nigel Farage’s party still feels like a government-in-waiting after a bruising…

• Lessons from No 10: What happens when the PM meets Trump and Putin | Peter Hill

  August 25, 2026 · 34 min

  Being prime minister can be a lonely job. Everyone wants your attention, your approval and a say in the decisions you make. But when the fanfare dies down, it’s you holding the pen and making the biggest calls. Fortunately, every prime…

• Lessons from No 10: When government comms go badly wrong | Lee Cain

  August 18, 2026 · 47 min

  “It's a comms problem” is the diagnosis politicians, pundits and the public often reach for whenever a prime minister flounders. It was arguably Keir Starmer’s biggest undoing. From the beginning, he failed to articulate what kind of prime…

• Count Binface vs Farage: Flakes, Ferraris and the Clacton by-election

  August 11, 2026 · 33 min

  With the Clacton by-election just days away, In The Room welcomes perhaps Nigel Farage’s most unusual opponent: Count Binface. The intergalactic candidate joins Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson to defend his manifesto, from capping 99…

• Lessons from No 10: When the world's most powerful CEOs enter Downing Street | Jimmy McLoughlin

  August 4, 2026 · 41 min

  When Apple chief executive Tim Cook visited No 10, he stopped to admire David Bailey’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Jimmy McLoughlin, then Downing Street’s business director, gave him an impromptu tour and discovered along the way that…