# Coffee House Shots: Malcolm Rifkind on Farage, Kemi and Burnham's gift to the Tories

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/coffee-house-shots-malcolm-rifkind-on-farage-kemi-and-burnham-s-gift-to-the-tories
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/coffee-house-shots-malcolm-rifkind-on-farage-kemi-and-burnham-s-gift-to-the-tories.md
Podcast: [Best of the Spectator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373)
Published: 2026-09-07T23:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/best-of-the-spectator/episodes/coffee-house-shots-malcolm-rifkind-on-farage-kemi-and-burnha
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/6aa00315ffe0e2749175329e/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=_B3_UaPgZdWBrBA8Ml8F2PUULPhUTSA7uom-TUodWhc
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-of-the-spectator-45373/episodes/coffee-house-shots-malcolm-rifkind-on-farage-kemi-and-burnham-s-gift-to-the-tories
Duration seconds: 1792

## Resource

ir Malcolm Rifkind joins Tim Shipman and James Heale to discuss the future of the conservatism and tells The Spectator why Kemi Badenoch is the person to bring the Conservative Party back from the brink. He explains why he thinks Reform is already losing momentum, why Nigel Farage is ‘not fit to govern’, and why Andy Burnham could actually help the Conservatives at the next election. He also reflects on Britain’s relationship with Israel and the United States, criticises Labour’s approach to sanctions on Israel, and gives his verdict on Donald Trump second term. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Abigail Brierley. 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-malcolm-rifkind-on-farage-kemi-and-burnham-s-gift-to-the-tories/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-malcolm-rifkind-on-farage-kemi-and-burnham-s-gift-to-the-tories.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.