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Two men who’ve been at the heart of the political world - former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and cabinet minister Rory Stewart - join forces from across the political divide. The Rest Is Politics lifts the lid on the secrets of Westminster, offering an insider’s view on politics at home and abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably.
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Question Time: The Queen's toilet, Carole Cadwalladr, and climate crisis
Find out which historical world leaders Rory and Alastair would be like to work alongside, what they would say if they had the world's attention for 30 seconds, their thoughts on the 'Tory power stance' and body language coaching in politics.
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Editor: James Hodgson
Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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By-elections, strikes, and populists
Join Rory and Alastair as they discuss by-elections, how Alastair would run as a Tory, strikes, trade unions, Colombia, France, Henry Kissinger, Carrie Johnson's ghost story, Rory's visit to a kibbutz, Welsh Labour, ethics advisors and unrequited love!
Reading list:
Here’s what Labour should say on Brexit and immigration - Peter Kellner
Henry Kissinger at 99: how to avoid another world war - Niall Ferguson
Instagram:
@restispolitics
Twitter:
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Email:
restispolitics@gmail.com
Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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Question Time: Ukraine, Tony Blair, and foreign languages
Join Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart for the third edition of 'The Rest is Politics: Question Time', where they answer your questions on the situation in Ukraine, the role of former world leaders in politics, and their multilingual capabilities.
Instagram:
@restispolitics
Twitter:
@RestIsPolitics
Email:
restispolitics@gmail.com
Editor: James Hodgson
Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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Keir Starmer, Northern Ireland, and disagreeing 'agreeably'
Join Rory and Alastair as they discuss the performance and future of Keir Starmer, what they both think of Wes Streeting, Rory's appearance on BBC Question Time, austerity, what Labour needs to do to win, train strikes, Tony Blair, Northern Ireland, the ERG, Liz Truss, and disagreeing 'agreeably'.
Reading list:
Paul Krugman - The Austerity Delusion
Anton Spisak - Fixing the Northern Ireland Protocol: A Way Forward
Instagram:
@restispolitics
Twitter:
@RestIsPolitics
Email:
restispolitics@gmail.com
Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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Question Time: Austerity, diaries, and impostors
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer your questions on Austerity, John Bercow, protest, schools, carbon footprints, imposter syndrome, cheese, interview techniques, political diaries, and the Duc de Saint-Simon.
Instagram:
@restispolitics
Twitter:
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Email:
restispolitics@gmail.com
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Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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Johnson wounded, monarchy, and the West Bank
Boris Johnson’s no-confidence vote, Tory backbench anger, the Platinum Jubilee, the Queen’s relationships with PMs, Rory’s defence of monarchy, Tony Blair’s royal faux pas, the West Bank, Bethlehem, Dundee, Northern Ireland, Colombia, and Xi Jinping.
Join Rory and Alastair for discussion of all of the above and much, much more.
To listen to our sister podcast, The Rest Is History, and their special episode on ‘How Prime Ministers Fall’, simply go to Apple or Spotify:
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Instagram:
@restispolitics
Twitter:
@RestIsPolitics
Email:
restispolitics@gmail.com
Producer: Dom Johnson
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor & Jack Davenport
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Customer Reviews
The boys
Excellent pod
Podcast of 13 April
Listen to the podcast while on holiday in France. Enjoyed the slot devoted to the French election. Agree that Macron is a clever guy and hopefully he seals the deal on Sunday. Very few poster or visible canvassing going on.
Review of todays podcast
Excellent podcast again today. It’s just like being in the pub with the two of you and listening in. Very interesting and informative. I also subscribed to your new sponsors and look forward to reading the New European online in future. Who says advertising doesn’t pay.
Matt Lyons in Kerry Ireland