{"podcast":{"title":"Best of the Spectator","slug":"best-of-the-spectator-45373","podcast_index_feed_id":45373,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4905579-best-of-the-spectator","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/1784644240973-f772404a-63ed-4eb8-95e0-a70bfba0b3ab.jpeg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":2753,"summary":"Home to the Spectator's best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T02:21:32.640045+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373"},"episode":{"title":"Coffee House Shots: Reform suspends Tim Montgomerie after Spectator interview","slug":"coffee-house-shots-reform-suspends-tim-montgomerie-after-spectator-interview","published_at":"2026-08-18T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/coffee-house-shots-reform-suspends-tim-montgomerie-after-spectator-interview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373","url":"https://shows.acast.com/best-of-the-spectator/episodes/coffee-house-shots-reform-suspends-tim-montgomerie-after-spe","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/6a8484d81ad8716bb6c15341/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=1Tz7RjxcPU0YQYitofusXKjqRwUh4bp6X2wY1mLBEPw","summary":"After saying that Zia Yusuf needed to 'become a team player' in an interview on Coffee House yesterday, Reform UK responded, and decided that they would rather Tim Montgomerie were not in their squad at all. After the story broke this morning that Montgomerie had his membership of the party suspended, Noa Hoffman is joined by Tim Shipman and James Heale to react to the latest developments on the right of British politics. Produced by Henry Lloyd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"After saying that Zia Yusuf needed to 'become a team player' in an interview on Coffee House yesterday, Reform UK responded, and decided that they would r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":857,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-of-the-spectator-45373/episodes/coffee-house-shots-reform-suspends-tim-montgomerie-after-spectator-interview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/coffee-house-shots-reform-suspends-tim-montgomerie-after-spectator-interview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}