Westminster Hour 18th January 2026
Westminster Hour
BBC
4.0 • 257 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Ben Wright and guests discuss Trump's tariffs and the latest Tory defection to Reform UK.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour with me, Ben Wright, and my guests. |
| 0:12.0 | We'll discuss the deepening standoff between Donald Trump and fellow NATO members over Greenland. |
| 0:17.0 | The White House threat to whack higher tariffs on eight European countries, including us, |
| 0:22.4 | risks a dangerous downward spiral Europe's leaders have warned. |
| 0:26.5 | Another Tory MP has joined Reform UK. |
| 0:29.1 | I have been speaking to Kemi Badenock about defections, Robert Generic, |
| 0:33.2 | and the proposal to build a massive new Chinese embassy in central London. |
| 0:38.6 | That is all coming up, but first, let's meet my panel. |
| 0:43.2 | Chris Curtis is the Labour MP for Milton Keynes North. |
| 0:47.6 | Chris was a pollster before politics and is now chair of the Labour Growth Group in Parliament. |
| 0:52.4 | He is also a theme park enthusiast, now enjoying the rollercoaster of life on the Labour Growth Group in Parliament. He is also a theme park enthusiast. |
| 0:55.5 | Now enjoying the roller coaster of life on the Labour Backbenchers. |
| 0:58.9 | Is that the ride that it most resembles, Chris? |
| 1:01.5 | Yes. Good days, bad days. |
| 1:04.8 | Mims Davies is Shadow Wales Secretary and Conservative MP for East Grinstead and |
| 1:09.7 | Uckfield and joins us down the line from Sussex this evening. |
| 1:12.8 | Hello, Mims. |
| 1:13.7 | Hello, evening. |
| 1:14.5 | Before politics, she worked in hospitality, events and communications and was known as DJ Lopspoon in her days on local hospital radio. |
| 1:24.0 | Why DJ Lovspoon, Mims? |
| 1:27.1 | Well, my career, I must say, started just about with an amazing start in |
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