The general election result of 2024 reflected – among other things – a collapse of trust among British voters in the Conservatives. How can the British right evolve so it learns lessons from the past and from across the pond, in order to win back its base?

This is an excerpt from an event hosted by The Spectator and American Compass; a leading US think tank. The panel includes:

Robert Jenrick MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and MP for Newark

Miriam Cates, former MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge and GB News Presenter

Gavin Rice, head of political economy at Onward

Nick Timothy, MP for West Suffolk

Henry Olsen, Senior Fellow, Ethics & Public Policy Centre

Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons.

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On today’s Coffee House Shots, Tim Shipman is joined by Michael Gove to reflect on the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, which left two people dead. They discuss how the Jewish community has long warned of rising anti-Semitism, often forced to fund its own security, and how inflammatory rhetoric on recent pro-Palestinian marches has deepened the sense of vulnerability.

Michael warns that Britain remains naive about Islamist ideology and risks only ever reacting to violence, rather than preventing it. While there are capable people in government and the security services, he says, real leadership is needed to confront the ideology that fuels attacks before more tragedies occur. Does the Prevent system need reform? And could tragedies such as this be avoided by a more restrictive border policy?

Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Megan McElroy.

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The Prime Minister was set to announce his crackdown on the existing rights of refugees at the European Political Community meeting today; however, he has flown back to chair a Cobra meeting after a terror attack in Manchester. Two people have been killed and at least two others injured after a driver allegedly rammed a car into pedestrians outside a synagogue and attacked them with a knife. The suspect, who was shot by police, is also believed to be dead.

Also on the podcast, Tim Shipman interviews Kemi Badenoch for the magazine this week. As she enters conference season with the Tories running third in the polls behind Reform and Labour, she tells Tim that she is up for a fight. On Friday, her shadow cabinet will agree a policy of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) but her first conference announcement – revealed exclusively to Tim – will be scrapping the Climate Change Act. Will she resign if the Conservatives go backwards in next year’s elections? ‘Ask me that after the locals,’ she says. Will this be her last Tory conference as leader?

Lucy Dunn speaks to Tim Shipman and James Heale.

Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

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