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The Rest Is Politics

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Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart break down current affairs in the UK and abroad. The Rest Is Politics analyses the latest international news, provides debate on global issues, and reveals secrets from Westminster, whilst bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably. With insider perspectives and expert…

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The Rest Is Politics

576. How Xi is Outplaying Trump and Tensions in Northern Ireland

575. Alastair Reacts to Burnham’s Speech and Rory’s Viral Stare

Why Nuclear War Is More Likely Than You Think (with Carlo Rovelli)

574. Germany’s Political Disaster and Can the Lib Dems Fight Back?

573. Burnham and Carney vs. Trump, and the Diana Dispute

The Greatest Threat Humans Just Can’t Stomach with Yuval Noah Harari

572. Trump’s Next Middle East Crisis and Reform’s £72m Megadonation

571. Rory and Alastair Challenge Ed Miliband on Israel-Palestine

"Our Generation Was Lied To": Two Gen Z MPs on Fixing Politics

570. Why Trump Acts Like a Russian Asset and Miliband’s West Bank Sanctions

569. Farage’s Foreign Funding Scandal and Germany’s Far-Right Breakthrough

Becoming Burnham: The Manchester Arena Call, Westminster Plotting, and Keir vs Andy

568. MAGA's Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland's 'Brexit' Moment

567. Who Really Benefits from AI and Will Data Centres Decide the Midterms?

Becoming Burnham: People Pleasing, The Shadow Years and Losing to Jeremy Corbyn

566. Carney vs. Trump and Alastair’s Advice for Burnham’s First PMQs

565. Zelenskyy’s Corruption Problem and Is History Repeating Itself in Germany?

Becoming Burnham: Thatcher, Hillsborough, and the Anger that Shaped Him | Part 1

564. Burnham’s Media Machine and West Bank Settler Impunity

563. Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy

Will Climate Action Go Backwards Under Burnham?

562. The Right’s War With Itself and Burnham’s Prisons Challenge

561. How Trump’s Chaos Keeps Splintering the World Order

The Truth About Climate Migration – It's More Complicated Than You Think

560. Trump's Hamas Disarmament 'Deal' and Europe's FIFA Boycott

559. Who Really Benefits from the Ceuta Migration Crisis?

Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?

558. The 'Cockroach' Uprising and Should We Stop Data Centres?

557. Can Burnham Deliver Britain's Biggest Change in Generations?

Britain's Ticking Time Bomb: The Food Security Crisis

556. The US-China AI Arms Race and Badenoch vs. Rory’s Centrism

555. Burnham’s Cabinet Purge and the Rough Sleeping Pledge

The Secret Security Threat The Government Don’t Want Us To Know

554. Burnham’s Worldview, Trump's Ceasefire Collapse, and Advising Count Binface

553. Farage in Meltdown and The Killing of Ann Widdecombe

552. Trump's Red Card Saga and Germany's Far-Right Machine

551. Will Farage’s Trumpian Resignation Stunt Backfire?

550. Will Farage's Extreme Wealth Be His Downfall?

549. Mamdani’s Wrecking Ball and the Rise of Anti-Migrant Vigilantes

548. Burnham vs. Westminster and Trump’s Next Target

547. The Truth About Russian Oil, Net Zero, and North Sea Drilling

546. Keir Starmer Resigns: What Happens Next?

545. Burnham Beats Reform: Britain’s Next Prime Minister?

544. How Trump Is Weaponising AI and Martial Arts at the White House

543. The Disaster Britain Still Can't Escape and Trump’s Iran ‘Deal’

542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

541. Trump’s World Cup Mess and Kushner’s Albania Deal

540. The Untold Iran Crisis, Henry Nowak, and Farage’s Politics of Rage

539. Embezzlement, the Mandelson Texts, and Hasan Piker's UK Ban

538. The Pope’s AI Warning and Alastair Reacts to Blair’s Attack

Who Funds Reform? The Missing Millions

537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

Struggling or Snowflakes? The Gen Z Mental Health Story

535. The Ebola Outbreak and the British Far-Right’s Next Move

534. Is Wes Streeting Trying to Sabotage Andy Burnham?

533. Andy Burnham's Big Gamble: Can He Beat Reform?

532. The Trump-Xi Showdown and Putin’s Conscription Con

531. Starmer on the Brink: What Next?

Enraged or Engaged? Angela Rayner on The Gen Z Story

Divided or Dependent? The Real Gen Z Story

530. Is Starmer the Next Joe Biden? Rory and Alastair React to Local Elections

529. Antisemitism, Polarisation, and How the King Outplayed Trump

528. Trump vs. Germany and Farage’s £5m ‘Gift’

Lucky or Left Behind? The Gen Z Money Story

527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

526. Trump's Orwellian Maths and the King's Special Relationship Mission

525. JD Vance vs. the Pope and the Far-Right Funding Machine (Question Time)

524. Starmer’s Mandelson Mess and the Iranian Nuclear Threat

523. The Starmer-Mandelson Scandal: Lying or Incompetence?

Beating Populism: How To Fight Back

522. Has Hungary Shown Britain How to Beat Farage? (Question Time)

521. Trump’s Naval Blockade: Is America Becoming a Rogue State?

520. Orbán Ousted: Is The Tide Turning Against Far-Right Populism?

519. Trump's NATO Threat & a Critical Election in Hungary (Question Time)

518. Is Trump a Fascist and is His War on Iran Unwinnable?

The Real Reasons Populism Is Taking Over

517. Is Trump Plotting Regime Change in Cuba? (Question Time)

516. Trump’s Iran Delusion and the Limits of American Power