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From his reflections on the Covid lockdowns and a potential return to No.10 to his suggestion of a referendum on the ECHR, we’ll take a deep dive into the man behind the cover. As Boris Johnson prepares to publish his 772-page memoir ‘Unleashed’, Gordon Rayner and Camilla take Kamal behind the scenes of their exclusive interviews with the former Prime Minister.Plus, your reaction to our net zero special as Ed Miliband announces £22bn of investment in ‘unproven’ green technology. And why you should be storing your baked beans upside down.Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio

It infuriates and frustrates in equal measure - electric cars, heat pumps, wind farms blighting the countryside. Is there any way to make a conservative argument for tackling climate change?Kamal is joined by those who treat Net Zero like a dirty word - and others who believe there is a blue way to a green future, instead of Energy Security Minister Ed Miliband's plans.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James England and Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio

It's the final day of the Conservative conference and the four remaining leadership hopefuls have been making their big pitches to the members.Kamal is joined by former Tory special advisor Henry Newman to listen through to the final speeches in Birmingham. They assess whether Tom Tugenhat brought enough energy, James Cleverly's digs at his rivals, Robert Jenrick's confused pledges and Kemi Badenoch's culture wars boasts.Plus, it was the first (and only) vice-presidential debate in New York last night as JD Vance took on Tim Walz live on CBS. Kamal chats to Telegraph Deputy US Editor Rozina Sabur, who was at the debate, to find out more about JD Vance's new 'Mr Nice Guy' image and why Tim Walz can't decide if he was in Tiananmen Square or not.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducers: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio

It's day one of the Conservative Party Conference and we hear from Liz Truss, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Sir Graham Brady...The Tory conference is underway in Birmingham and the mood is...surprisingly bouyant.Kamal is joined by Gordon Rayner to chat to Sir Graham Brady at a special live Telegraph event. The former chair of the 1922 committee reveals what he really thinks about each of the five PMs he saw come and go...And The Daily T’s Tim Stanley has been in conversation with Liz Truss, who claimed the Conservatives would have won the general election if she had been leader.Plus, Kamal has been on the conference floor and caught up with leadership hopefuls Robert Jenrick and James Cleverly.We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshOriginal music by Goss Studio

The former Telegraph and Spectator Editor Charles Moore is in the studio with Camilla to discuss the future of conservatism ahead of the Conservative Party conference.He gives his verdict on the Tory leadership hopefuls - including why he's drawn to Tom Tugendhat - as well as the past five prime ministers, and where it all went wrong for the party.Plus, as the official biographer of Margaret Thatcher, he talks about why she would be huge on TikTok and how she would have dealt with Covid.Producer: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James EnglandSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

It’s possible the government “overdid it” at the start of the pandemic, said Sir Chris Whitty today.Camilla and Tim are reentering the lockdown debate, after the former chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry the government may have overstated the dangers of Covid in its early days. Have lockdown sceptics been vindicated?And — why has Camilla been unceremoniously dumped from her role interviewing Tory leadership candidates at their party conference next week?Plus, if your hackles are raised by terms like “taking the elevator”, “onboarding”, and other Americanisms that have crept into our language, you're not alone. The Telegraph’s resident wordsmith Simon Heffer is in the studio to explain why proper good British English is so important.Read: Americanisms are poisoning our languageWe want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

Keir Starmer has been humiliated by his own party members voting against the winter fuel cut, and has also doubled down on accepting gifts, in another wretched twenty hours for the Prime Minister.On the final day of the Labour conference, party members gave the government a bloody nose by voting to oppose the winter fuel allowance cut. It won't change anything, but Keir Starmer now has a party in open revolt against his leadership, with one union leader telling the crowd it's 'not what people voted for' during a barnstorming speech.Camilla and Kamal ask where Starmer's already ailing government goes from here, with the Prime Minister also doubling down on accepting accommodation from Lord Alli in an interview last night; his excuse for which Camilla found "extraordinary".Plus - Phillip Schofield is controversially set to return to our TV screens in a new Channel 5 reality show. Can he ever be un-cancelled?We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio

Keir Starmer struck a downbeat tone in his first conference speech since the election, promising to make "tough long-term decisions" to rebuild the country.Camilla and Kamal are live from Liverpool once again to pick apart the bones of the PM's speech, which saw him dismiss criticism of his unpopular policies as "water off a duck's back". They also get all of the latest conference gossip from political editor Ben Riley-Smith, who's spent the past few days hobnobbing with the great and the good from the government.Plus - can people on the streets of Liverpool correctly identify the Cabinet? And what do they think of the first few months under Labour? We had a wander around the city centre to find out...We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsCamera Operator: Andy MackenzieVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information