Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 29/03/2026
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
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🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
The Iran conflict has reached its second month. Figures from across the political spectrum debate how best to respond to a leap in energy prices.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots for Spectators' Daily Politics podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman, |
| 0:11.6 | and this is the Sunday Roundup. The war in Iran has now gone on for one month, and concerns continue to grow |
| 0:18.7 | over the effect the conflict will have on the economy. |
| 0:22.5 | On Sky News this morning, Education Secretary Bridget Philipson played down fears of impending fuel |
| 0:27.3 | shortages, telling British consumers to continue as you are. Trevor Phillips asked |
| 0:32.7 | Philipson if the government will scrap September's fuel duty hike. |
| 0:36.2 | Let's just think about what could help the consumer. |
| 0:40.1 | Chance could help the consumer right now |
| 0:42.3 | by saying that the 5P fuel duty rise will be scrapped. |
| 0:49.0 | Consumers can know. |
| 0:50.1 | Why don't she do that? |
| 0:51.1 | If she really serious about helping the consumer, |
| 0:53.5 | she cares so much about the consumer, |
| 0:55.7 | tell us that you're going to scrap the fuel duty rise. |
| 0:59.7 | Look, consumers have got the confidence right now that freeze will remain in place. |
| 1:05.8 | The chancellor, I know, will continue. |
| 1:07.5 | Hang on, Trebitt. |
| 1:09.1 | They're paying £1.50 a litre? |
| 1:11.2 | Look, hang on. The Chancellor is absolutely committed to making sure that right throughout this |
| 1:17.0 | conflict that we see, we have right at the forefront of our minds, the impact that this is having |
| 1:21.5 | on the British people. She will continue to keep under review the measures that are needed |
| 1:25.5 | to make sure that families are protected. But they do something about it. Get rid of the fuel. |
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