Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/06/2026
6/14/202613 min
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
John Healey's resignation puts Keir Starmer in trouble again. And Reform say British institutions treat white people unfairly.
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Isabel Hardman· Host0:35
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman, and this is the Sunday Roundup. This week, Keir Starmer's defense plans are in disarray after John Healey's resignation, and Reform claim Britain is anti-white. The Prime Minister is now under enormous strain after Defense Secretary John Healey resigned weeks before the NATO summit in Ankara. In his resignation letter, Healey said he could not accept a defense investment plan that does not give our forces the resources they need. On Sky News this morning, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy implied the government might be finding more money for the new Defense Secretary, Dan Jarvis.
Lisa Nandy· Soundbite1:20
Look, the Prime Minister asked the cabinet just a couple of weeks ago to go and look at our own budgets and see what we could do in order to do