WATCH: CNN Talk: Who Would Win a Trade War + the French Terror Incident
- 23 Mar 2018
We had intended to spend the whole show talking about Trump’s trade tarriffs but then the news broke that a terror incident was underway in South West France…
ConHome Diary: Fish, Leaks and the Art of Chief Whippery
- 23 Mar 2018
I don’t know the new government chief whip Julian Smith, but if reports from a meeting held this week by him for Scottish Conservative MPs and others on fishing rights, he’s going to have his work cut out if he is to maintain party disciple over the 21 month Brexit transition ...
WATCH: CNN Talk- Are We Being Manipulated by Social Media?
- 21 Mar 2018
I argue it’s no different to the way political marketeers have tried to influence the electorate in the past…
WATCH: CNN Talk - Is Vladimir Putin the world's most powerful leader?
- 19 Mar 2018
As the Russian president secures an overwhelming election victory, is Vladimir Putin the world’s most powerful leader? By the way CNN Talk is now available as an iTunes podcast. Do subscribe!
EXCLUSIVE: The 100 Most Powerful Politicians of the Last 100 Years
- 18 Mar 2018
1 Winston Churchill Con 2 David Lloyd George Lib 3 Clement Attlee Lab 4 Margaret Thatcher Con 5 Harold Wilson Lab 6 Stanley Baldwin Con 7 Edward Heath Con 8 Ramsay Macdonald Lab 9 Tony Blair Lab 10 James Callaghan Lab 11 Harold Macmillan Con 12 R A Butler Con 13 William Whitel...
WATCH: CNN Talk - Are we Entering a New Cold War?
- 16 Mar 2018
Are we entering a new cold war? That’s the question we seek to answer today on CNN Talk.
ConHome Diary: Cometh the Hour Cometh the Woman...
- 16 Mar 2018
On Monday lunchtime, as my parting shot on CNNTalk I said that in her statement responding to the Salisbury nerve agent attack, Theresa May should ask herself one question: “What would Maggie have done?” And then do it. If I’m honest I thought we’d hear a statement full of dip...
WATCH: My Interview with Politics UK
- 13 Mar 2018
This is a 25 minute conversation with Steven Edginton from Politics UK. We cover Brexit, BBC bias, my five years on Drive at LBC and much else besides.
WATCH: CNN Talk: What Should Theresa May Do About the Russian Spy Poisoning?
- 12 Mar 2018
CNNTalk goes five days a week from today, every day at 11am for the next two weeks, then back to 12 noon. Today we discuss Russia and the poisoning in Salisbury. We have a lovely new desk too! Afua Hirsch was sitting in for Ayesha Hazarika.
Idiots, Thugs & Knuckleheads - The "Fans" Who Embarrass the Real Supporters
- 10 Mar 2018
When I woke up this morning I must have had a premonition. Having been looking forward to the West Ham Burnley game all week, I just couldn’t summon up the enthusiasm to go. Perhaps it’s just that I’m knackered after a very long week, but I didn’t even get out of bed to do the...
WATCH: CNN Talk - Trump Meets Kim Jong Un: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- 9 Mar 2018
Twelve hours after Donald Trump accepts an invitation to meet Kim Jong Un, we discuss the likelihood of success on today’s CNN Talk.
ConHome Diary: Some Advice for DD, The Rise of Penny Mordaunt & Henry Boltonski
- 9 Mar 2018
Henry Bolton announced on Wednesday that he was starting a new political party called ONE NATION. Better than EIN VOLK, I suppose. It was a pretty amateurish start, given that his logo was low res, the ‘1’ inside the ‘O’ in ‘One’ was off centre and the website was unsearchable...
CNN Talk to go Daily - Hit CNN International Show to Run Five Days a Week
- 7 Mar 2018
Good news, for CNN Talk fans anyway. We’re going to 5 days a week and have a snazzy new promo to celebrate: pic.twitter.com/G3XgqQEK2N — Max Foster (@MaxFosterCNN) March 7, 2018 This is the press release CNN have just issued announcing that CNN Talk is going 5 days a...
WATCH: CNN Talk - Does Hollywood Politics Make a Difference?
- 5 Mar 2018
A look back at The Oscars and whether Hollywood poliics is virtual signalling or really can make a difference. Ayesha and Liam get a little bit feisty.
WATCH: The Andrew Marr Show Paper Review & My Red Suit Jacket (But Not the Trousers)
- 4 Mar 2018
The Marr Show paper review from earlier today with me and the New Statesman’s Helen Lewis. Most people on Twitter were more concerned with what I was wearing that what I was saying, it seems. I bought it online from Empire Outlets. Just so you know!
WATCH: CNN Talk - How Can People Trafficking From North Africa Be Stopped?
- 3 Mar 2018
Tens of thousands of migrants are trafficked through Nigeria every year. CNN’s Nima Elbagir went undercover to learn about the horrific experience and met a man who escaped slavery after being trafficked. We talked about her films and how the world can stop people traffickin...
ConHome Diary: It's the Way Theresa May Tells Them! Boom Boom!
- 2 Mar 2018
I had to smile when John Major said there should be a free vote on the Brexit deal. As an ex Whip himself, and someone used to the black arts of the genre, he knows full well that no government could allow a free vote on an issue of this constitutional magnitude. This is no is...
Watch: CNNTalk - What Should the World Do About Syria?
- 26 Feb 2018
In today’s CNN Talk we discuss what the world should do about what is happening in Syria. With Max Foster, Ayesha Hazarika, Liam Halligan and me.
The Loneliness of a Tunbridge Wells Park Runner
- 24 Feb 2018
I hate running. Absolutely loathe it. Cross country running at school was one of the most hated moments of my week. But running is healthy and at the age of 55 and living a very sendantry lifestyle, I know I need to get fitter. I’m a type 2 diabetic with out of control blood s...
WATCH: CNN Talk - Can Armed Teachers Stop School Shootings (Clue: The Answer is no)
- 23 Feb 2018
Join me, Ayesha Hazirika, Liam Halligan and Max Foster for another CNN Talk in which we discuss Donald Trump’s suggestion that some teachers should be armed.