# Coffee House Shots: is Kemi a winner? | with Lee Cain

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/coffee-house-shots-is-kemi-a-winner-with-lee-cain
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/coffee-house-shots-is-kemi-a-winner-with-lee-cain.md
Podcast: [Best of the Spectator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373)
Published: 2026-05-22T23:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/best-of-the-spectator/episodes/coffee-house-shots-is-kemi-a-winner-with-lee-cain
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/6a0f3eb3294da705c35a8efa/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=btBpL2pABKeNxd-E3K24NDxizWSoljXHWXwOlTIMN08
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-of-the-spectator-45373/episodes/coffee-house-shots-is-kemi-a-winner-with-lee-cain
Duration seconds: 1883

## Resource

The Labour leadership contest may be rumbling on in the background, but today Coffee House turns to the Conservatives – and whether Kemi Badenoch can really revive a party still reeling from electoral collapse. Her allies argue that Badenoch is beginning to cut through: from her conference speech to her response to Rachel Reeves’s Budget, and her decision to sack Robert Jenrick. Her personal ratings have improved, even as the Tory brand remains deeply damaged. But is that enough? Can Badenoch turn the Conservatives into a serious vehicle for change? Is the Tory brand beyond repair? And could the party eventually find itself forced into some kind of deal with Reform? Tim Shipman is joined by Noa Hoffman and Boris Johnson's former director of communications Lee Cain to discuss Kemi’s dilemma – and whether the Conservative party is dead, or merely resting. Produced by Oscar Edmondson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-of-the-spectator-45373/episodes/coffee-house-shots-is-kemi-a-winner-with-lee-cain/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/coffee-house-shots-is-kemi-a-winner-with-lee-cain.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.