Times Radio review of the week, 17th January 2026

Claire, Trevor Phillips and presenter Rod Liddle discussed the latest Tory defections to Reform, a school’s cancellation of a visit from the local Labour MP who was a member of Labour Friends of Israel, Trump’s intervention into the Iranian uprising, the retirement of the West Midlands Police for misleading MPs over the Maccabi football ban, the Darlington nurses’ victory in their employment tribunal case, proposed delays to some local council elections, the Labour MP’s bill to make it illegal for politicians to lie, and the mysterious hit singer Sienna Rose who may be an AI creation.