Donald Trump has suffered a major midterm election defeat, with Democrats taking control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in a sweeping setback for the Republicans. Andrew Gilligan, Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange and former special adviser to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, joins us to examine what went wrong for Trump, whether the result marks a turning point in American politics and what it means for the remainder of his presidency.
The fallout from Shabana Mahmood’s immigration U-turn continues. An investigation has revealed that charities which campaigned against tougher settlement rules received more than £1 billion in taxpayer-funded contracts and grants. Joanna Williams, author of How Woke Won and Spectator writer, joins us to discuss the influence of these organisations, the arguments behind Mahmood’s climbdown and why she believes the impact of migration is felt most heavily by poorer communities.
Meanwhile, David Blair, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator at The Telegraph, examines how Britain has become embroiled in the slavery reparations debate. With Andy Burnham engaging Caribbean leaders over Britain’s historical role in the slave trade, is the Government opening the door to demands for compensation, and what could this mean for Britain’s relationship with the Commonwealth?
And Raheem Kassam, former adviser to Nigel Farage, joins us for the latest reaction from America following the Republican defeat. What does the result mean for the MAGA movement, the future of the Republican Party and Trump’s political legacy?
Donald Trump, US midterm elections 2026, Democrats, Republicans, Congress, Senate, House of Representatives, Andrew Gilligan, Shabana Mahmood, immigration U-turn, taxpayer-funded charities, Joanna Williams, migration, class, David Blair, slavery reparations, Andy Burnham, Commonwealth, Raheem Kassam, MAGA, Nigel Farage.
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