The Daily T
"Women are owed an apology”: Why the struggle continues despite trans court ruling
Transgender women are not legally women, the Supreme Court declared in a landmark ruling on Wednesday. The judges’ unanimous decision follows a years-long legal battle between gender-critical campaigners and the Scottish Government over the definition of a woman. Now pressure is growing on Keir Starmer to clarify the Government's position. Kamal and Camilla were at the court to get reaction from Julie Bindel and Helen Joyce – feminist writers and activists who say despite today’s win, the fight against trans ideology in UK institutions is not over. They also hear from Joanna Cherry, the former SNP MP who went to war with her party colleagues over trans issues. She calls for “an apology from some of the politicians who pushed this ideology”, including Nicola Sturgeon. Producer: Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Executive Producer: Louisa Wells Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Ji-Min Lee Camera Operator: Andy Mackenzie Video Editor: Valerie Browne Production assistance from Anna Johnson Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 апр. 2025 - 43 min 47 sec
Tiramisu hot cross buns? Ice cream eggs? The Easter food must-haves and must-avoids
The Easter weekend is fast-approaching, and if you're about to head to the shops to stock up on those essential sweet treats, then be warned - there's a bewildering array of increasingly outlandish flavours and styles to choose from out there. But fear not, because Camilla and Kamal are joined by The Daily Telegraph's resident food columnist and taste tester Xanthe Clay on this edition of The Daily T to pick through the best and worst of this year's Easter food offerings. From tiramisu hot cross buns to ice cream-flavoured chocolate eggs, we've got you covered when it comes to what to grab off the shelves before they disappear, and what to avoid at all costs. Producer: Georgia Coan Executive Producer: Louisa Wells Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Studio Director: Meghan Searle Video Editor: Andy Mackenzie Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 апр. 2025 - 33 min 54 sec
The British Steel saga has ended our love affair with Chinese money
After an emergency Saturday sitting of parliament, British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant is now - to all intents and purposes - under government control. The Chinese owners Jingye were intending to shut down the site, with the potential loss of almost 3,000 jobs and an end to 160 years of steelmaking in the town, but under emergency legislation a new CEO has been appointed and the company will report directly to the government - with the race now on to secure the raw materials to stop the furnaces at the plant shutting down. With Nigel Farage accusing China of deliberately sabotaging the plant, Kamal Ahmed and Tim Stanley ask Reform's candidate for Mayor of Lincolnshire - Dame Andrea Jenykns - whether the party believes that China should be removed from key UK infrastructure projects. Plus, Kamal and Tim grill each other on how privileged they are, after details emerged in The Daily Telegraph of Westminster Council's internal test for staff as part of its efforts to combat unconscious bias against ethnic minorities. Read: How posh are you really? Take my privilege test - Sophia Money-Coutts Britain’s wokest council tells staff to take white privilege test Producers: Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Studio Director: Meghan Searle Video Editor: Andy Mackenzie Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 апр. 2025 - 40 min 03 sec
'Woke' former top cop: Immigration has gone 'too far, too fast' and grooming inquiry should happen
During his 30 years in the Met police force, Neil Basu worked his way up the ranks to become the most senior Asian officer in British policing. Once described as being “too woke” for the role of Commissioner, Basu believes his outspoken political views cost him further promotion in the force before his exit in 2022. In a book about his career called ‘Turmoil’, Basu chronicles his rise to the top and the discrimination he says he encountered on every level of the force, offering a first person account of his time on the front line of policing during events such as Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the London riots. Camilla and Kamal sat down with the ex-top cop to ask him about Prevent failings, grooming gangs, immigration, and if anyone respects the police anymore. Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Studio Director: Meghan Searle Video Editor: Andy Mackenzie Editor: Camilla Tominey Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 апр. 2025 - 52 min 13 sec
Inside the room: Why Trump had to bow to the markets
Well he set out to Make America Wealthy Again. Instead, Donald Trump Made America Climb Down Again. The president has now paused all global tariffs above ten percent for ninety days - with the exception of China, where the latest episode of their tit for tat trade war has seen the US placing a 125pc levy on all imported goods from there. The big question is, was this all part of a great Trump master plan to upend the global order, assert US dominance and bring everyone to the table under his terms? Or did he, as is rumoured, act only after seeing an interview with JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon saying a recession was “probable” ? Camilla and Kamal are joined by former member of Trump’s economic council, Carla Sands, who makes the case that the president’s expertise in causing chaos is, in fact, his biggest strength. Producers: Georgia Coan Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Video Editor: Valerie Browne Studio Director: Meghan Searle Editor: Camilla Tominey Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10 апр. 2025 - 38 min 55 sec
Labour's Birmingham bin farce and grooming inquiry betrayal
It's all a bit rubbish, isn't it? There’s still no solution for the residents of Birmingham as negotiations to end the bin strike have once again failed to reach an agreement. As the backlog of waste grows by 1,000 tonnes a week, an infestation of 'cat-sized rats' has taken over the city, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying he is “concerned” about the public health risk. We hear from residents in the city about their feelings on Unite Unions' strike action and what it means for their streets, and local Conservative Councillor Timothy Huxtable tells us why people have lost trust in Birmingham city council, blaming Labour for mismanaging the waste service. And on the subject of Labour failings, Kamal and Camilla ask if the Government has let down victims of grooming after it was accused of "watering down" plans for a series of rape gang inquiries. Listen to our interview with a grooming gang survivor here Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Video Editor: Valerie Browne Studio Director: Meghan Searle Editor: Camilla Tominey Production assistance from Anna Johnson and Paul Oluwadare Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9 апр. 2025 - 35 min 33 sec
Trump: Why he’s right on China
The trade war is escalating. The world’s two biggest economies - the USA and China - are now going head to head on tariffs, with Donald Trump threatening Xi Jinping with an extra 50% tariff if China doesn’t withdraw its own 34% counter-tariff, which itself was a reciprocal response to Trump’s original tariff set out last week. Amid fears of a global recession, Camilla and Kamal are joined in the studio by former Tory leader and eminent China-hawk Iain Duncan Smith, who says the President is right to take on Beijing with the world having turned a blind eye for too long. He also explains how Chinese soldiers have been caught fighting for Russia in Ukraine . Plus, Prince Harry is back in the UK, this time to take on the Home Office, as he arrives at the High Court to argue the case for taxpayer-funded security whenever he is in the country. We get the latest from our deputy royal editor Victoria Ward, who’s inside the court. And Camilla reviews Meghan Markle’s new podcast “Confessions of a Female Founder” - warning, it’s not pretty. Producers: Georgia Coan Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Video Editor: Andy Mackenzie Studio Director: Meghan Searle Editor: Camilla Tominey Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8 апр. 2025 - 41 min 46 sec
Has Trump’s ‘economic nuclear winter’ left Starmer out in the cold?
As Donald Trump’s tariff plans sent markets around the world into absolute chaos , Wall Street and the US braced themselves for a plunge in stocks. But as expected, Trump doubled down, urging them to stop panic selling and defending his tariffs which he said are “bringing in billions of dollars a week” for the country. We hear that Keir Starmer has to stay after he spoke in the West Midlands about his plan to respond to the tariffs and how he’ll protect British jobs and businesses . Kamal and Camilla ask if there’s trouble brewing in the White House already as cracks in Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s relationship appeared with Musk taking aim at some of Trump’s most trusted advisors. And The Telegraph’s Tim Stanley joins us to defend his latest column on Trump’s tariff tactics as he asked if the President may actually be on to something , despite the reaction across the world. Read: What Trump’s tariffs mean for your money - James Baxter-Derrington Producers: Georgia Coan and Will Lewis Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Video Editor: Andy Mackenzie Studio Director: Meghan Searle Editor: Camilla Tominey Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 апр. 2025 - 39 min 47 sec
"We were called Nazis": The feminists who fought the trans mob, and won
With the health secretary Wes Streeting banning puberty blocker drugs for children and President Trump barring trans women from women’s sports , is the tide turning on the transgender debate? Perhaps, but it hasn’t come without a fight, often from women who have been de-platformed, sacked and abused for challenging the orthodoxy. Julie Bindel and Helen Joyce are two such women, who have been labelled Nazis and bigots for championing female spaces and sex-based rights. Kamal and Camilla sat down with the journalists and feminist campaigners at Oxford Literary Festival for a conversation about trans ideology, toxic masculinity, and the harmful influence of adult film stars Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips. Producers: Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Video Editor: Valerie Browne Studio Director: Meghan Searle Editor: Camilla Tominey Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4 апр. 2025 - 30 min 17 sec
Trumpageddon: Could tariffs finally make Brexit work for Britain?
So it’s finally happened. Donald Trump took to the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday night to announce his grand tariff plan on what he’d dubbed “Liberation Day”. The end result was the UK being slapped with a 10pc tax on all exports to the US. It’s not good news for the economy, but we have avoided the much heavier tariffs imposed on the likes of the EU and China. Kamal and Camilla ask former Business Secretary and ardent Leaver Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg whether we can thank Brexit for sparing the UK from the worst of the new regime, and if we will now realise the full potential of leaving Europe. They also assess how well Keir Starmer comes out of it all. For all of his bending the knee to Trump, the Prime Minister has come away with exactly the same outcome on tariffs as Taliban-led Afghanistan. Can he still salvage a trade deal, or is retaliatory action on the cards? Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett Senior Producer: John Cadigan Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy Video Editor: Valerie Browne Studio Director: Meghan Searle Editor: Camilla Tominey Original music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3 апр. 2025 - 40 min 08 sec