How can the Tories turn it around? Live
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Recorded live in Manchester, during the Conservative Party conference, Michael Gove sits down with Tim Shipman, Madeline Grant and Tim Montgomerie to discuss how the Tories can turn their fortunes around. Do the Tories need to show contrition for their record in government? Has the party basically been split ever since the Coalition years? And does Nigel Farage need to set a deadline for Tory to Reform defectors? Plus – from Canada to Italy – which countries do British Conservatives need to look towards for inspiration?
Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
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| 0:57.0 | Good evening and welcome to a special edition of the Spectators' Coffee Houseots live here at Halle St. Peter's in Manchester. The big question everyone is asking is, can the Tories turn it around? Let's find out. |
| 1:06.0 | Please welcome to the stage, the Spectators editor, Michael Goh. |
| 1:14.6 | Our political editor, Tim Shipman. |
| 1:22.1 | The Spectators' assistant editor, Madeline Grant, and our special guest, Tim Montgomery. |
| 1:32.0 | Thank you so much. Here we are in the beautiful surroundings of Halle, St. Peters, this historic building. |
| 1:37.3 | And we're asking the question, are the Conservative Party history now as well? We have in Tim, Maddie and Tim three observers of political turmoil. I'll turn first to our political editor, Tim |
| 1:46.3 | Shipman, and then ask each of the panellists whether or not they think that there are signs |
| 1:50.5 | of life in the patient and whether it is the case that the Conservative Party does have the capacity |
| 1:56.1 | to recover and be fighting fit again. Tim. Well, thank you all for coming so far. |
| 2:02.7 | Look, do they have a future? |
| 2:03.5 | Yes. |
| 2:04.7 | Are they toast? |
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