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Bad politics, local elections, and toxic debates
Bad politics, local elections, and toxic debates

Episode 10

Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell work out a plan for improving the quality of debate in Westminster. They also wonder what it would take for the el…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Biggest snakes, Basic Instinct, and meeting Miley
Biggest snakes, Basic Instinct, and meeting Miley

Episode 9

Defeating populism, the way to win a leadership contest, and Boris Johnson meeting Miley Cyrus.


Join Alastair and Rory from Scotland in our first ever…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Rwanda, Religion and the Return of Trump
Rwanda, Religion and the Return of Trump

Episode 8

Join Alastair and Rory for this week's pod, where they discuss Patel's plans to send refugees to Rwanda from Britain, the role of religion in politic…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Partygate fines, political partners, and voting at 15?
Partygate fines, political partners, and voting at 15?

Episode 7

In today's pod Alastair and Rory discuss the police fines that Johnson and Sunak have received for their roles in Partygate, the current political si…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Globalism, Scottish Nationalism, and Rory's new job
Globalism, Scottish Nationalism, and Rory's new job

Episode 6

Could this be the final ever episode of The Rest Is Politics after Rory's revelation last Friday, 1st April? Hopefully not! After more terrible news …

3 years, 11 months ago

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Tribal politics, anonymous sources, and Malcolm Tucker
Tribal politics, anonymous sources, and Malcolm Tucker

Episode 5

Do the Royal family and the Commonwealth still have a place in the modern world? Alastair and Rory discuss Rwanda and countries recovering from war, …

4 years ago

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Iraq, brave opposition, and powerful Chancellors
Iraq, brave opposition, and powerful Chancellors

Episode 4

As Rory returns from a tour of Iraq with a landmine charity, what lessons can be learned from the country since the occupation, and how could they be…

4 years ago

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Zelenskyy's humanity, Lebvedev's parties, and Eton
Zelenskyy's humanity, Lebvedev's parties, and Eton

Episode 3

Who is winning the communications landscape in Ukraine? Alastair and Rory discuss the importance of soft power, the sacrifices needed to free Europea…

4 years ago

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The Rest Is History: Young Putin, the KGB and the Soviet Union
The Rest Is History: Young Putin, the KGB and the Soviet Union

In our most recent episode, Alastair mentioned our sister podcast, The Rest Is History, and its recent mini-series on the Soviet Union, its fall, Put…

4 years ago

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Lying, vanity and friendship in politics
Lying, vanity and friendship in politics

Episode 2

Welcome to the second episode of The Rest Is Politics with Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell!


With Ukrainian refugees struggling to claim asylum in t…

4 years ago

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