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"Detested" Tories, the SNP, and Israel
Episode 61
Why is Liz Truss thinking of moving the UK embassy to Jerusalem? Does the word 'detest' belong in politics? How long will the Conservatives remain un…
3 years, 7 months ago
Fear and Loathing in Birmingham
Episode 60
Are we on the brink of Tory civil war? Has Truss painted herself into a corner with her conference speech? What on earth is an 'anti-growth coalition…
3 years, 8 months ago
Question Time: Biden, barristers and the Black Watch
Episode 59
How do Alastair and Rory maintain a work/life balance? How dangerous are AI deepfakes for politics? Does Rory regret not pursuing a military career? …
3 years, 8 months ago
U-turns, Ukraine and election season
Episode 58
Will Truss and Kwarteng survive a week of U-turns? Have worldwide elections followed the populist trends set by Sweden and Italy? Plus news on the co…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Week Everything Changed
Episode 57
In a special bonus episode Rory and Alastair discuss whether the writing is already on the wall for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, how Starmer found h…
3 years, 8 months ago
Question Time: Prison reform, lobbying, and Alastair on Strictly
Episode 56
Should MPs be drug tested? Does the UK have a corruption problem? How could we radically reform prisons? Alastair and Rory join each other in person …
3 years, 8 months ago
The Kamikwaze budget, Iranian protests, and Italian 'post-fascists'
Episode 55
It's been a quiet week in UK politics...
On today's (in person) episode Rory and Alastair discuss Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget, Liz Truss and her ques…
3 years, 8 months ago
Albanian PM Edi Rama on Putin, Macron, and combating corruption
Episode 54
Alastair and Rory are joined by Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, to talk Putin, Merkel, Macron, the European Union, small boats, cyber attack…
3 years, 8 months ago
Question Time: Blair-Brown, the Special Relationship, and official apologies
Episode 53
Who would you cast to play yourself in a film? Rory and Alastair give their answers to this question and many more in today's Question Time episode. …
3 years, 8 months ago
The Queen's funeral, United Nations, and fracking
Episode 52
Join Alastair and Rory as they discuss Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, Liz Truss' visit to the UN, the pros and cons of fracking and the drastic fall i…
3 years, 8 months ago