King Charles’s state visit to France postponed amid unrest

Clashes are expected today in France over President Macron’s pension reforms. Plans by unions to hold a major day of action on Tuesday forced the French President to postpone the state visit of the British monarch, which was due to start tomorrow.

Also on the programme: The race to replace outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon enters its final days, as the results of the Scottish National Party’s leadership election are expected on Monday; and the largest collection of Spanish art outside of Spain comes to London.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are writer, broadcaster and ‘lapsed comedian’ Timandra Harkness and Michael Reid, a journalist and author specialising in Spain and Latin America.

(Image: King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, greeting President Macron during the Cop26 summit. Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)