Chatting With Ingram

About Chatting With Ingram

Philip INGRAM MBE, is a former senior British Military Intelligence officer and now presenter, presenters friend and commentator on The Sun Digital, Times Radio, Talk, Sky News, the BBC and many other global channels. Clash-point looks a geopolitics across the globe as well as domestic political issues in different countries

Publisher

Philip Ingram MBE

Category

news · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Sept 2019

Latest episode

2 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 65 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Jul 2026

   The Defence Chiefs song - I'm Deluded and I'll Never Quit

   Send us Fan Mail The Defence Chiefs song - I'm Deluded and I'll Never Quit Russia’s raising the stakes, risks crossing the line, Most dangerous time in my thirty-five-year grind. I warned them of a £28 billion hole in the ground, But here comes the DIP with fifteen — and I’ll sign it down. Day-to-day funding’s squeezed till the training runs dry, We’ll dial back the ops, watch readiness say goodbye. I know we can’t do the job with this budget so thin, But the uniform’s comfy and the pension...

2. 

   1 Jul 2026

   Black Hole Blues (The DIP Lament)

   Send us Fan Mail Now the Defence Investment Plan has been announced - what does it really mean? Philip Ingram has some thoughts in song! Starmer stood up with a shiny new plan, £298 billion, yeah, that's what he said, man. Fifteen extra for drones and some hybrid dreams, But the chiefs wanted twenty-eight—now we're bursting at the seams! They trimmed the budgets, raided the pot, Told the MoD to save ten billion—give it all you got! But there's a five billion hole staring back at me, Next ...

3. 

   30 Jun 2026

   Jam Tomorrow - a flawed Defence Investment Plan

   Send us Fan Mail Philip Ingrams view of the Defence Investment Plan announced by the outgoing Prime Minister - Keir Starmer

Inside a recent episode

Labour Defence review - 2.5% Never?

Published 11 Jan 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The Conservatives have said that they would have increased defence budget to 2 .5 % by 2030, so this is just pushing it a little bit further along, given the woes that the Chancellor are under, and I think this is something that number 11 would welcome. However, what it's not doing is reflecting the reality of what's going on around the world. And 2 .3 % of GDP, as we're currently spending, is still saying our defences in a woeful state. Our army is not fit for purpose, our navy can deploy a capability but is unsustainable and can't deploy a range of capabilities, and our Air Force is woefully inadequate. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

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Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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