{"podcast":{"title":"Coffee House Shots","slug":"coffee-house-shots-496891","podcast_index_feed_id":496891,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4905581-coffee-house-shots","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/1751036467325-ac17e59d-c0b0-46f0-9b1f-4bded964d1cb.jpeg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":3390,"summary":"Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T00:21:51.737524+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891"},"episode":{"title":"Zia vs Shippers – and Sue Gray breaks her silence","slug":"zia-vs-shippers-and-sue-gray-breaks-her-silence","published_at":"2026-08-20T14:04:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891/zia-vs-shippers-and-sue-gray-breaks-her-silence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891","url":"https://shows.acast.com/coffee-house-shots/episodes/zia-vs-shippers-and-sue-gray-breaks-her-silence","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/e/6a870972dcddb5e3cf441af2/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=K_eZxyDzew_Zz7dMi-3PA9KI9U6_1q7u3OWZcxPXadU","summary":"It continues – thankfully – to be an interesting summer: there’s devolution news, Reform taking lumps out of each other and Sue Gray has broken her silence. But first, Andy Burnham is shifting the machinery of government north, promising to put growth at the heart of his new Manchester operation. Will moving power out of Whitehall actually make a difference? Elsewhere, tensions inside Reform spill into the open as Zia Yusuf takes aim at Shippers over his latest Spectator column. Oscar Edmondson, Tim Shipman and James Heale discuss. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more. For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts . Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"It continues – thankfully – to be an interesting summer: there’s devolution news, Reform taking lumps out of each other and Sue Gray has broken her silenc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":898,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coffee-house-shots-496891/episodes/zia-vs-shippers-and-sue-gray-breaks-her-silence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891/zia-vs-shippers-and-sue-gray-breaks-her-silence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}