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Quite right!

Welcome to Quite right!, the new podcast from The Spectator that searches for sanity and common sense in a world which increasingly seems devoid of both. Each week from September, join Michael Gove and Madeline Grant for a mixture of politics, culture and mischief.

24th Sept 2025
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51 mins

Where Blair is wrong, but Farage is right & why recognising Palestine is ‘politics at its worst’

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Where Blair is wrong, but Farage is right & why recognising Palestine is 'politics at its worst'
24 Sep 2025 • 51 mins

Where Blair is wrong, but Farage is right & why recognising Palestine is 'politics at its worst'

This week: the hell of party conference season, Tony Blair's ID card dystopia, why recognising Palestine is 'politics at its worst' and how Erika Kirk forgave.
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Why Danny Kruger's defection changes everything & could Boris Johnson be next?
17 Sep 2025 • 57 mins

Why Danny Kruger's defection changes everything & could Boris Johnson be next?

This week: the shock defection of Danny Kruger to Reform UK’s ‘pirate ship’, why Boris is 'not welcome' in Nigel's teal team and can Britain's 'secret weapon' save the state visit?
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Bonus episode: Why Mandelson had to go & the legacy of Charlie Kirk
11 Sep 2025 • 44 mins

Bonus episode: Why Mandelson had to go & the legacy of Charlie Kirk

In this bonus episode Michael and Madeline tackle two extraordinary political stories: the resignation of Peter Mandelson and the assassination of Charlie Kirk. 
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Labour’s deputy drama, Macron’s mess & was Thatcher autistic?
10 Sep 2025 • 48 mins

Labour’s deputy drama, Macron’s mess & was Thatcher autistic?

This week: Michael and Madeline talk about Labour’s deputy drama, discuss whether Britain is sliding into a revolutionary mood a la France and investigate the claim that Margaret Thatcher was autistic. 
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Farage steals summer, Starmer’s reset flop & should we 'raise the colours'? 
3 Sep 2025 • 50 mins

Farage steals summer, Starmer’s reset flop & should we 'raise the colours'? 

In their first episode, Michael and Madeline take stock of a political summer dominated by Nigel Farage, Tom Skinner and Sydney Sweeney.
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Pilot: Rupert Lowe on Reform turmoil, Chagos ‘treason’ & taking the Tory whip
7 Jun 2025 • 58 mins

Pilot: Rupert Lowe on Reform turmoil, Chagos ‘treason’ & taking the Tory whip

For our pilot episode, The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove and assistant editor Madeline Grant interview Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth and notorious Westminster provocateur.
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