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Can Rayner remain and if not who is the next heir apparent for Labour? Has Nigel peaked too early and the loony past of the ‘boob whisperer’ now running the Greens.

Join the Daily Mail’s Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire from the Mirror with the most knowledgeable, and funny, take on Westminster.

Where does it all leave Sir Keir Starmer? Two major government figures gone in a week and his judgement and even future now being called into question. Despite declaring confidence in Peter Mandelson on Wednesday the British Ambassador to Washington is out because of his close links to billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. But what did Starmer know before appointing Mandy?

Also, in this epsiode, is free speech under threat after the assassination of US right winger Charlie Kirk? Does the Labour deputy leadership election pose another nightmare for the PM from a woman scorned? And when Harry met Charlie, rejoice!

Join the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce and the Mirror's Kevin Maguire for the best half hour of political insight this week.

Was laying out the thickest red carpet for The Donald worth it? Many billions have been spoken about in US investment pledged to the UK including £30 billion from Google and Microsoft and much more from US Hedge Funds but at what cost?

Away from the international stage Sir Keir Starmer faces a rear guard battle from those who would be King instead and it’s an attack from the northern flank. Join the Mail’s Andrew Pierce and the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire for the only political half hour you need.

Who’d take a prescription from Doctor Trump? Do Nigel’s numbers add up, has he gone too far? and what lies in store for Starmer at the party conference where the King of the North lies in wait. An absorbing half hour with the best political commentators, Andrew Pierce from the Daily Mail and sparring partner Kevin Maguire of the Mirror.

She's been found! After what seemed ages of missing in action the Conservative Party conference ended with a well received (by delegates) tub thumper from Kemi Badenoch promising goodies for the middle classes - the biggest being the abolition of stamp duty. In this episode, Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail is in Manchester where the cleaners are sweeping up around him whilst Kevin Maguire from the Mirror casts doubt on the Tory love in from afar. Also, will Jenrick jump to Reform? Has Lenny Henry gone bonkers with his reparation claims and as the celebrity traitors begins, are Pierce or Maguire better liars or truth keepers?

Can Michelle Mone be stripped of her title for her part in the Westminster scandal over dud hospital gowns? Starmer buys time, Badenoch is MIA and Tony Blair could be the new boss of Gaza! Have they thought that one through? An absorbing half hour with Andrew Pierce from the Mail and Kevin Maguire of the Mirror, Westminster insight, gossip and informed opinion.

When did Margaret Thatcher have time to have an affair? Astonishing new claims suggest Dennis was double timed by a Thatcher admirer. Coming in the week when she would have celebrated her 100th birthday, Andrew Pierce of the Mail is the font of all knowledge on this and her legacy. He even has a shrine to Mrs T in his home! The Mirror's Kevin Maguire has a Northern take on the Thatcher turmoil that's still difficult to forgive to this day. In this episode we also trade Chinese whispers, Trump's capacity for patience in the Arabian sands, the small boats (of course) and the new £30 ready meal - is it a sign of the times?

Should the Royal Slimeball be evicted from his stately pile on the Windsor Estate? The artist formerly known as Prince Andrew is facing calls to be relegated to plain Mr. Andrew Windsor, as the Epstein fallout continues this week with more posthumous allegations from the then 17-year-old sex victim Virginia Giuffre. Kevin Maguire from the Mirror and Andrew Pierce of the Mail rarely agree, but on banishing the King's embarrassing brother they’re in tandem. Andrew, the monarchist, has some fascinating insight from Palace courtiers! Add in Jess Phillips and the grooming gang chaos, Putin playing top Trumps with peace and a famous Frenchman entering the slammer and this is just over half an hour of the week’s best political chat.

Will he, won't he go? Prince Andrew was said to be negotiating a package to move out of his royal mansion and out of the limelight but reportedly wanted a 'two for one deal' - a new home for him and one for his ex Fergie.

Andrew Pierce from the Mail and Kevin Maguire of the Mirror usually poles apart, agree on this, he should go quietly, out through the kitchens so the King can finally say 'Andy has left the building'. The other slime ball, child sex offender Hadush Kebatu, was given £500 of taxpayers cash to go quietly on his deportation back to Ethiopia. You couldn't make it up, is this latest string of major embarrassments for the government a sign of Broken Britain? Even the polls now show that almost anyone at Westminster is more popular than Sir Keir, even Kemi Badenoch! Join us for another barnstorming half hour.

Is the King more brutal than Alan Carr? (watch Traitors)

The outcast formerly known as Prince has suffered the ultimate historic humiliation at the hands of his brother. In punishment usually reserved for traitors, plain Andrew Windsor has lost his titles, his Princedom, his big royal mansion and his standing in life. In this quick turnaround broadcast, Andrew Pierce of the Mail and Kevin Maguire of the Mirror start the weekend debating, quite literally, history in the making. All from a sex scandal more than a decade ago and there may be more to come.

What was the point of croissants with the Chancellor at a breakfast briefing that was more pessimistic than postive? It looks almost certain that income tax will go up and according to Kevin Maguire of the Mirror that may well sound the death knell for Rachel Reeves term in office and wider implications for Labour and Starmer. Also in a bumper edition, Farage grows up into a serious politician, Lammy loses a prisoner and his poppy and the new Mayor of New York who hates Trump, the feeling's mutual, but shows the left still have a presence.

How much should the Royals pay in rent for their stately homes? Wouldn't have been an issue until Mr Mountbatten Windsor cosied up to paedophile Epstein and now a committee of MPs wants to scrutinise all royals paying peppercorns for Palaces. Also in this episode, they think its OBR, it is now - how long can Rachel survive.? The anti semitic rhetoric of Corbyn and Sultanas new left wing Your Party, unless You're Jewish, we presume. And Andrew gets a lesson on Elf on the Shelf, that's Pierce not Windsor!

At last. Now we know what really was in Chancellor Reeves Budget and there was no rabbit out of a hat. Did she get away with it ? Did she buy time for her and her boss Sir Keir with the abolition of the two child benefits cap? Or will the middle class paying more tax while benefits rise be the thorn in the side of this Labour government. Andrew has christened her 'Rachel Thieves' whilst Kevin is delighted with more than half a million children taken out of poverty.

It's a rollicking half hour unlike any other political podcast.

Tens of thousands more Epstein files are due to be released imminently now that Donald Trump has bowed to pressure and agreed to publish documents that will have the rich and famous quaking in their boots. In this episode ,Kevin Maguire of the Daily Mirror and Andrew Pierce from the Mail, explore what this could mean for disgraced Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, more shame perhaps and even extradition and jail if there's smoking gun evidence. He denies any wrongdoing. Also, Trump insults women, Labour spins right on small boats, Farage is accused of schoolboy stupidity with a sinister tone and should Angela eat anus in the jungle?

Noises off and voices from within are now an open secret that much of Labour has had enough of Sir Keir's lacklustre performance and Downing Street is circling the wagons to protect the boss. He'll be gone but how soon and who will be the new pretender? Will the Prime Minister and his Chancellor survive the budget if they break promises? All this in just over a year in power, meanwhile, the BBC is in danger of a light nuking from Donald Trump, an expensive mistake but should we pay a penny of taxpayers money to sooth his hurt feelings? A barnstorming half hour from Britain's two top podcast journalists.

What do Labour MPs hear on the doorsteps? Kevin's contacts tell him the Prime Minister is a dead man walking. Also this week, Trump speaks the hard 'truth' to Britain and Europe on migrants, Harry should pay for his own bodyguards as we care more for council estates rather than royal estates and smaller portions for little ladies - and small men, the patronising new plan from the health czar. A great Christmas listen especially if you're trudging around the stores. This a special hungover edition, at least for one of us, can you guess who?

What would Doug Ross have done ? The doctor won't see you now - at least for five days. Is the controversial strike in the middle of a flu crisis a steth (oscope) too far and is it time for these front line juniors to fall into line with the Army and Police who are banned from walking out? Also this week, the lessons the UK can learn from the Bondi atrocity, why are folk losing jobs month after month, and could Trump's defamation action against the BBC bankrupt the home of Strictly and the Traitors?

Sorry for the thumbnail, this is what you get when you ask AI to create a Pierce vs Maguire Xmas image! World domination by big tech is a while off. This is our bumper Christmas report card on the heroes and villains, the legends and losers, the prize recipients of another astonishing year at Westminster, Royal Lodge and Mar-a-Lago, all with no punches pulled. And thanks for you support since our launch just four months ago, last week Pierce vs Maguire was hovering just outside the top ten politics podcasts in the UK.

We never forget you have a choice but none of the others are as funny, outspoken nor as well informed as these two Santa's little helpers.

The President’s hardline on immigration and crime has blown up into civil unrest in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot dead a woman driver he claimed was trying to run him over.

It’s been a news packed week for Trump, much played out on the international stage so we ask has Donald gone too far or is this just the New World order?. Greenland, which is rarely green and mainly ice white, is the latest tick on the US shopping list and what a dilemma this poses for Sir Keir and his dance card with the White House.

Happy New Year, please enjoy an absorbing 40 minutes with the two best political podcasters in the business, not afraid to give opinion, they go where others fear to tread and always ready to prick the Westminster bubble

President Trump has promised Iran's rebel protestors that 'Help is on its way" but what are the dangers and why has Sir Keir been silent? Also in this episode, has Reform gone an ex Tory too far with the recruitment of a tax cheat Chancellor? The new HS2 train extension to Manchester with delays written all over it and who is already 'cad of the year' and we're only two weeks in!

Is this the biggest defection of the year? Not Judas Jenrick but Brooklyn Beckham cutting off ties with his family and can they ever mend? Always on top of current affairs, Andrew and Kevin have their say on the story that has dominated front pages. Oh and there's the little matter of Trump and Greenland, Davos and should we boycott the USA World Cup or scrap a royal visit?

Burnham or Braverman, who is the most awkward of the latest awkward squad unhappy in their big political parties? Braverman in defecting to Reform will invoke the famous John Major 'bastards' label given to his right wing cabinet rebels whilst Burnham is now consigned to what he does best, running Manchester and sniping from the North while plotting his PM challenge. This episode is 30 minutes of current affairs from the UK's leading commentators in a frenzied news period, opinionated but welcome common sense.

Disgraced Labour Peer Lord Mandelson has offered to retire from the House of Lords but will still keep his title - this in the face of controversial emails that show he was leaking sensitive data from Cabinet meetings to his banker friends including paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Met Police are now looking at the evidence and Sir Keir Stramer is exploring ways to strip Mandy of his Lordship. Andrew and Kevin believe Mandelson is a ' wrong un', Starmer should have seen this coning and retiring is too good for the disgraced Peer he should have been booted out.

Why is Britain being rocked by two Princes of Darkness? Ex Prince 1 Andrew) Will the Epstein tentacles now stretch deeper into the Royal family? As far as Charles, or perhaps even the late Queen who presumably knew about the multi million payoff to Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre? Ex Prince 2 Mandelson) Can Starmer Survive the crisis? And yet another Labour crony sacked for having a paedo pal, where will it end?

Why did the BBC , given a very rare sit down iterview, not ask Prince William a single question about the biggest ever crisis engulfing his family? More to the point why didn't Andrew's nephew seize the moment to offer a view from the Royal Family that chimes with public sentiment?

Plus, the one man band that is Reform even though Nigel unveiled his ex Tory recruits to top jobs, Labour deserve a bloody nose for denying local votes this May - and-Trump's about to confirm Space Aliens do exist, not just in his mind.

Plumber Hannah Spencer is on her way to Westminster but Andrew and Kevin are pleading with her 'please don't fix the leaks! Our jobs depend on them'. It's was a seismic result that saw the Greens turn Red as Reform and Labour were trounced in the Greater Manchester by-election. What does it all mean? The consequences are spelt out here...

Donald Trump has been stung by Sir Keir Starmer's stand on refusing to let US B2 bombers use British bases to attack Iran. It led to a vicious put down in the White House as the President criticised the UK's legal excuse saying: This is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with'. In this Iran war special Andrew and Kevin illustrate how polarising the US/Israel action is proving, who's side are you on?

How much would you expect from your bosses if you were sacked in the middle of the night for telling a whopper of a lie to get your job? Not a penny in most cases unless you're our former Ambassador to Washington where £75,000 was sanctioned by the Prime Minister - could have been worse, Mandelson was after half a million! The new Mandeslon files also reveal Sir Keir over ruled two most senior advisers to give the Prince of Darkness the job, so where does this leave Starmer? Will his stance on the war prove that he has at least some judgement?

Labour’s former deputy Prime Minister is on manoeuvres. Angela Rayner, in the waiting room for leadership candidates, made an explosive speech warning of time running out for the government under Keir Starmer. She also criticised a major immigration policy championed by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and may get it changed. She’s a powerful force and were it not for Iran would be Sir Keir’s worst nightmare.

Convicted sex offender and former trusted newsman Huw Edwards is considering a comeback, exploring his mental health issues in a self penned documentary - it shouldn’t be allowed say Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire. The recent Channel 5 drama documentary sparked fury with viewers demanding to know why Edwards, convicted of making  indecent images of children but who also groomed a Welsh teenager (although not convicted of that) is still at liberty.

Also in this episode, the stink around Morgan McSweeny’s missing telephone and the cancelling of Bob Monkhouse - by The Repair Shop! yes really…

A hundred bombs in ten minutes reigned down on Lebanon, meanwhile the Straits of Hormuz remains closed. Whichever way he paints it, Donald Trump has not won this war with Iran - yet. But did Sir Keir Starmer ironically have a good war…by having no war? Helping you make sense of this fragile moment are Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire.

Mandelson; they think it's all over, it isn't yet! The anonymous Morgan McSweeney, ex chief of staff at No10, has been called before the same group of MPs who grilled top civil servant Sir Ollie this week to explain just how did the good friend of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein get his US Ambassador job.

It will be box office this coming Monday, is there a big enough bus to throw the Prime Minister under or will he play a straight bat back at his interrogators? Enjoy Andrew and Kevin's inside take on the political soap that was starting to fade but just ignited again.

It's an X rated discussion this week and we don't mean Donald Trump's response to Rachel Reeves condemnation of the US President's war on Iran. Rather the plan by a Labour MP to wave sex toys around Westminster for a summer of sex, Pierce and Maguire are far from prudes but this is a purile attempt to improve sex education.

So, thank goodness there's always Harry and `Meghan to entertain Andrew and Kevin, down under she's putting her jam making to use by judging a cooking show. Yes really...

It seems to have worked. Despite a politically charged speech to US politicians, King Charles has restored the ancient foundations between the UK and its former colony from 250 years ago.

Donald Trump is seduced by a Royal family that his Scottish mother idolised and the signs are that this controversial trip has been a success. Not surprisingly Andrew and Kevin are split when it comes the monarchy but will they agree that Charles has dug Sir Keir out of a relationship meltdown with the US President?

Keep Calm and Carry On seems to be the mantra of lame duck Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer but for how much longer ? Blizted in the May elections, Labour faces not just losing a Prime Minister but existential threat to its existence with the rise of the new parties and independence rearing its head again.

As Kevin Maguire of the Mirror says in this week's special, Theresa May resigned for better election results than Labour achieved this week and yet it's s business as usual at Number Ten. Join Kevin and sparring partner Andrew Pierce of the Mail in this captivating half hour of analysis with humour - and even a mention of Tess Daly and Vernon Kay's divorce - Britain really is broken!

Something for the weekend? You know the story by now but here's the best analysis and prediction of what happens next. Starmer, Streeting, Burnham and Rayner - all in the mix and only one will win. Pierce and Maguire have seen it all before but this is different...

Election special - the canvassing has begun in Makerfield, Wigan and in one month there will either be a coronation for Andy Burnham carried high on the heads of Labour MP's into Downing Street or? Or Reform will have been the giant slayer with self employed plumber Robert Kenyon, the local hero, celebrating a victory that will stun the Westminster establishment. Pierce and Maguire have half an hour of analysis, predictions and still manage to squeeze in the HS2 fiasco and its scandalous over run of taxpayers money.

Scotland wants to do things differently and my goodness crooked Peter Murrell proved just that this week, sent to jail for swindling the SNP out of £400,000 - he wasn't just the office boss of the Nats but also shared a matrimonial home with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. And she is now pleading ignorance of her husband's thieving ways which included a £125k motor home, a Jag and even a fancy pendant Ms Sturgeon was seen wearing with pride. Will other heads roll within the ranks? Also...

Tony Blair is both lending support to Strarmer and criticising Labour policies at the same time while Elon Musk threatens to split the Reform vote with backing for even more right wing Respite. The teenage Rapists hopefully get banged up where they should - and sandals, singlets and iced latte in this crazy weather. Great half hour of political debate with Westminster's top two pundits.

Who isn't shocked and moved by the sickening police body cam footage of innocent Henry Novak, cuffed and arrested as he bled to death wrongly accused of racism by a pair of wicked Sikh brothers. Westminster has reacted to poor policing, claims of two tier justice and allegations of an anti racist mindset amongst officers that ignored Henry's desperate pleas to breathe and believe he'd been stabbed. Police initially took the side of the lying brothers who called Henry a racist attacker. Nigel Farage wants the nation to feel rage, Keir Starmer's accused of delay and Kemi Badenoch says not just white or black but all lives matter and calls for calm.

Also, Mandelson's latest volumes of tittle tattle and Nicola Sturgeon's thieving husband faces court humiliation before sentencing, the only question for Peter Murrell is do Amazon deliver to jail?

All three of the Windsor Mountbattens, Andrew (formerly known as Prince) and his daughters, have been living rent free in royal lodgings for years. Andrew paid a peppercorn rent for his estate at Windsor and even allegedly earned money from cottages he rented out while the Queen, and now the King , have been bankrolling Beatrice and Eugenie's Palace apartments.

It's not a good look when the country is struggling with high rentals especially for young families budgeting with the cost of living crisis. Rarely in agreement, Andrew seems to have a knack of uniting Pierce&Maguire as do the wacky Lib Dems in leafy Kingston upon Thames suggesting women get on their e bike to do their womanly duties better! Almost as sexist as the Reform candidate in Makersfield who's odds on now to lose to the King of the North after gross comments about women. All human life is here this week.

First out of the blocks with Westminster's two best commentators, Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire breaking down what Andy Burnham's crushing defeat of Reform in the Makerfield by election means for the UK. And what does Keir Starmer do now, is a coronation or catfight, who is in Burnham's cabinet and what are his policies? The most consequential few days in British political history are about to begin, buckle up with our insiders.

Westminster is vacum packed, sealed in a sweltering bubble for days to come as we wait for the coronation of King Andy, Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire are scholars of political history and unpack the deja vu of PM's ruling, arguably, without a popular mandate.

We've been here before and it almost always doesn't end well, can Burnham buck the trend and does he have a legitimate green light to change direction? Let's hope so.

It was all going so well for Reform but now after a series of set backs and bad press, Britain's top two political commentators, are suggesting Nigel Farage may be preparing to walk away from his plan to beat Labour at the next election.

He has quit before and Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire reckon there are signs that history may be about to repeat itself.

Sensational suggestion perhaps, but press play to hear their analysis and, of course, the latest developments from the Burnham coronation now days away.

Nigel Farage’s plan to go to the good burghers of Clacton in a by election to rage against the establishment machine faces falling into farce.

All major parties claim they will boycott what they call a stunt with only Count Binface confirming he will stand against the Reform leader.

It was just last week that we considered Nigel Farage's levels of stress, capacity to absorb the blows and whether he had the will to fight on. Lo and behold he's just demanded a dramatic Back Me or Sack Me from the good seaside folk of Clacton who now face their lucrative summer season being cancelled as the world's press descend on the Essex seaside for a shock by election. The first person declared to stand is its ex MP Nigel Farage. . Like Andy Burnham before him, Nigel is arguably abusing the democratic reason for local parliamentary elections, they are neither for overthrowing a sitting PM nor for diverting attention from an MP investigated for improper use of funds.

Meanwhile, England has proper royalty once again in the form of a Harry, not Prince Harry but Harry Kane! Kane is a nailed on winner, Harry Windsor is a sore loser. He's now facing a lawyer's bill for millions having lost at the High Court against the publishers of the Mail titles found to have used lawful journalistic methods to write royal stories, albeit without his consent. It's just not going well for Harry, literally an ' Heir BnB' after his dad refused him a room at the Palace. Where does he go from here?

This week's episode is full of great stories including the shock decision Ann Widdecombe made after accepting the plum position of UK Ambassador to the Vatican. What made her hand in her resignation from the post to David Cameron? Andrew has the scoop on that whilst Kevin and his mates from the Mirror were responsible for the rather unkind moniker of Doris Karloff bestowed on Ann who had a great riposte. We'll never see her like again.

Who was first to betray Starmer to set the ball rolling? Why did Miliband and Mahmood miss out on the top job? When did the new Chancellor last use a calculator and what will you spend your 86p windfall on? What do the first few hours of the brave new Burnham world look like, Pierce and Maguire have ears to the ground as usual.

Is it a new Royal war or just a continuation of the past? Harry and William back on home turf together and possibly even on the same Eton rugby touchline as fathers of boys at the exclusive public school. Why is Harry back and why is there silence from his brother? Was Meghan really offered a starring role in a big tv series and if not who was briefing the press? Buckle up it's going to be a circus this September onwards with the politics of the House of Windsor competing with Westminster. Have a watch and listen to Andrew and Kevin and their no holds barred take on the week's events.

In this special Royal episode, insight into the future of Charles III and his failing health and unlikely to be improved by bombshell revelations expected from a new memoir from Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother. He concentrates especially on the week of her death and how the Royal family handled the response to a nation in mourning.

Was Farage frit in not turning up to his own count in Clacton on Sea?what will his less than expected majority percentage mean for Reform's chances and will Burnham see this as a window to call a snap election?And didn't Count Binface do well heading towards a third of the vote? The chances are we will be suffering deja vu as most likley there will be another Clacton election ordered soon, this time over Farage's controversial £5 million gift. Andrew and Kevin watched the count, so you didn't have to...

PM Andy's on holiday, Andrew Pierce is back from schmoozing Joan Collins while Kevin has escaped to Spain to avoid the UK heatwave. But it's far from quiet on the political front with bad headlines for the government rejecting pleas by the family of PC Andrew Harper to keep his killers in jail, questions on how the PM will pay for his ambitious adult social care plans which he seems to be betting the farm on and have Reform jumped the shark with policies more suited to Count Binface? They want to send in the Royal Marines to dump illegal migrants back on the French beaches, what could possibly go wrong? Sit back on the sun lounger, sangria in hand and enjoy half an hour of all you need to know from back home, then chillax.