Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 01/02/2026
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
More Epstein files bring Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson back into the spotlight, and Keir Starmer’s returns from his trip to China.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, The Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup. |
| 0:14.5 | This week, the release of more Epstein files brings Andrew Mountbatten-Winzer and Peter |
| 0:19.1 | Mandelson back into the spotlight. |
| 0:21.3 | Kirstarmer's trip to China receives mixed reviews and Green Party leader Zach Polanski |
| 0:26.4 | calls for rent controls. The latest tranche of Epstein files released by the US Department |
| 0:32.0 | of Justice featured disturbing pictures of Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, crouched over a woman |
| 0:36.8 | lying on the floor, |
| 0:38.0 | and also evidence of more links between Lord Mandelson and the disgraced financier. |
| 0:43.0 | Jeffrey Epstein appears to have sent Mandelson's $75,000 across three payments in 2003 and 2004, |
| 0:49.5 | and more money to Mandelson's husband in 2009 to pay for osteocourse expenses. |
| 0:56.8 | Kirstama has suggested Andrew Mountbatten Windsor should testify before the US Congress. |
| 1:02.0 | On Sky News this morning, Trevor Phillips asked Housing Secretary Steve Reid if Mandelson should be |
| 1:07.4 | stripped of his peerage. |
| 1:09.6 | Steve Reid, Lord Mandelson remains a member of the House of Lords, taking the Labour whip. |
| 1:15.0 | Given last night's revelations about loans to his then-partner from Geoffrey Epstein, while he was a |
| 1:24.4 | cabinet minister, do you think she should be stripped of the whip and possibly his peerage? |
| 1:29.5 | Well, I think before taking any action like that, we need to understand exactly what's happened. |
| 1:34.7 | You're asking me here about something that happened nearly 20 years ago. |
| 1:40.1 | I don't know the full detail of it. |
| 1:42.5 | I wasn't in government 20 years ago. |
| 1:45.5 | But he himself has said he acknowledges that that money did go to his partner. |
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