The US could punish Britain over the Iran war by questioning UK sovereignty over the Falkland Islands - will that worsen US-UK relations ahead of the King's state visit next week?

Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Alys Denby and Michael Binyon.

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As the US President says there’s “no time frame” for ending the war with Iran, Times columnist Matthew Parris says Donald Trump is "too deranged to remain in office" - but is that a fair assessment?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Matthew Parris and Cindy Yu.

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The Times Radio Focus Group is back ahead of May's local elections.

JL Partners brings together a group of wavering Tories - voters from across England who backed the Conservatives at the last General Election, and are now considering switching to Reform UK.

Do they think the 'Badenoch Bounce' is a real thing, what are their remaining concerns about Nigel Farage in 10 Downing Street, and just how disillusioned are they with the traditional main parties?

Hugo Rifkind is joined by JL Partners founding director Tom Lubbock to discuss the findings.

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