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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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