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Trump Bombs Iran | What Happens Now? Why has the US entered Israel's war with Iran? Is this just the beginning of the conflict? What does this all mean for the world? Join Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell for an emergency livestream a...

Do join me and @rory-stewart.bsky.social for a @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVE on the Iran crisis at 930

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415. Iran, Israel and Trump: War in the Middle East Are we heading for all-out war between the US, Netanyahu and the Iranian regime? Is the West betraying international law in its support of Israel’s pre-emptive strikes on Iran? Why did Starmer u-turn ...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - what next Israel v Iran; why Trump left the G7; how he and Netanyahu are deliberately undermining international law and institutions; and the U.K. grooming gangs inquiry alastaircampbell.org/2025/06/415-...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with former US Speaker Kevin McCarthy - A long political career, a famous ousting as Speaker, an up and down relationship with Trump, but still defending him and trying to persuade us he can be good for the world. Have a listen to a Trump defender 1/2

@mrjamesob.bsky.social have you listened to Ed Milliband being interviewed with @restispolitics.bsky.social ? If he was that human in ‘real’ life he’d make a good leader?

136. Ed Miliband: Farage, Starmer and The Fight for Net Zero (Part 2) How did Ed Miliband recover from Labour’s 2015 defeat and decide to remain in politics? Can the Energy Secretary win the argument for Net Zero against the likes of Tony Blair and Nigel Farage? Is it p...

Part 2 of our @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING with Ed Miliband - life after losing and why he thinks the net zero battle can and must be won alastaircampbell.org/2025/05/136-...

135. Ed Miliband: Blair, Brown, and Battling his Brother (Part 1) How did Ed Miliband’s childhood being raised by survivors of the Holocaust shape his politics? How did his role mediating between Blair and Brown earn Ed the moniker ‘Emissary from planet F***’? What ...

First part of a two-part @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Ed Miliband. Part 1 from childhood to Labour leadership. Part 2 out Friday or if you want early access join TRIP+ alastaircampbell.org/2025/05/135-...

410. China, Russia, and Cyberwarfare: Is the UK preparing for the wrong war? Is Labour exaggerating the threat from Russia and missing the real risks? Does the world beyond the West now prefer China over the US? What does Poland’s new pro-Trump president mean for Ukraine and E...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - UK defence review, Polish election, Ukraine very special forces, and deep dive on China’s economic and soft power rise via the Belt and Road initiative alastaircampbell.org/2025/06/410-...

411. Question Time: Gaza’s Aid Blocked, Trump’s Power Tested & Dominic Cummings’ Big Mistake What was the most significant event of geopolitics in the last 30 years? Are Dominic Cummings’ comments about the “broken” Westminster model valid? And, should politicians be clued up on popular cultu...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q & A -Gaza humanitarian chaos; why @rory-stewart.bsky.social can’t bear Dominic Cummings; Trump tariffs latest; more on young women feeling ignored by politics; Dutch govt collapse; should politicians know about popular culture ? alastaircampbell.org/2025/06/411-...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

The U-turn Starmer Can’t Avoid

Join Alastair and Rory for this week's Question Time as they discuss:

🟥Is Labour still a centre-left party?
📈Why child poverty is rising in the UK
🌳Should the Sycamore Gap duo be sent to prison?

and much more...

Link to full episode in replies👇

If you listen to one thing today please make it the new @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Arab Barghouti, whose father Marwan is currently in an Israeli jail but who is seen by many - including moderate Israelis - as a key to peace. Vital voice. Wherever you get your podcasts

🔴 LIVE | Watch Members of the Houses of Parliament process to Westminster Abbey for #VE80 YouTube video by UK Parliament

MPs are now making their way to Westminster Abbey for a service to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).

#VE80 #VEDay80

Watch the procession live ⬇️
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402. Question Time: India vs. Pakistan | What Happens Now? Should Labour boot Tony Blair over his attack on the government’s climate policy? Why is the U.S. defending Germany’s AfD? Are Britain’s towns and cities more politically split than ever? Join Rory an...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A - India-Pakistan military action post terror in Kashmir; TB and net zero; MAGA and the AfD; who will be next Pope?; towns v cities; music choices and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/05/402-...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Trump's Corruption Machine, Israeli Settlers, and the Rise of Reform UK

Join Alastair and Rory as they discuss:

🤑How corrupt is Trump?
🇵🇸Why is Israel planning on 'conquering' Gaza?
🟦How did Reform dominate the UK local elections?

and much more...

Link to full episode in replies👇

131. The Global Health Crisis: USAID cuts, Trump, and the limits of AI (Atul Gawande) How many people are going to die as a result of American support for USAID programs being removed? What are the limits of thinking of AI as the silver bullet for healthcare? How do we bring the doubli...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Dr Atul Gawande. Fascinating on future of healthcare but chilling on the cuts to USAID (where he worked) alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/131-...

395. Trump, Xi, and how China outsmarted America Does Trump want to turn America into China? How come politicians – including those on the right – want to nationalise steel in the UK? Are we witnessing a seismic change in German politics? The Rest I...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - USA China trade war - who holds the cards now? UK steel nationalisation. And tensions remain in Germany as the coalition deal is done alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/395-...

No change at the top in our @moreincommonuk.bsky.social VI: another virtual 3-way tie. Lib Dems drop a little back from last week’s high.

➡️ REF UK 24% (nc)
🌹 LAB 24% (nc)
🌳 CON 23% (nc)
🔶 LIB DEM 14% (-3)
🌍 GREEN 8% (+1)
🟡 SNP 3% (+1)

N = 2,277 | Dates: 11 - 14/4 | Change w 7/4

393. Question Time: America’s last ally, Japan in crisis, and Netanyahu on the brink? Why were two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel? What led to the impeachment of South Korea’s president? Is there a decline in blue-collar MPs? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all of these questi...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A more on Israel Red Crescent killings and the barring of Labour MPs; B’ham bins; Japan demographic crisis; S Korea impeachment; Oz election latest and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/393-...

Trump's Rampage: The Fight Against Global Crisis

In today's episode, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory discuss:

🤯What’s really behind Trump’s tariff madness?
💪Are we watching the US slide into authoritarianism in real time?
🙏How should Europe and the world fight back?

Areas receiving levelling-up funds show smaller Reform UK vote share, study finds Analysis suggests prioritising projects that give quick local results may hold back support for populism Areas that received money from the last government’s much-criticised levelling up fund tended to have lower votes for Reform UK in the general election, a study has found, indicating that projects delivering quick results may hold back support for populism. The study by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) thinktank, billed as the first to examine a mass of data factors linked to support for Reform at the level of individual seats, identified a series of factors likely to make voters more likely to back Nigel Farage’s party. Continue reading...

Areas receiving levelling-up funds show smaller Reform UK vote share, study finds

​​Matt Hancock Used His Personal Email Account to Help ‘VIP’ Supplier Win £25 Million COVID PPE Contract Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers £22 million

​​Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a £25 million PPE Covid contract.

The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions.

128. Whips, Chaos, and secrets from Westminster (Simon Hart) Why do the wrong people become MPs? How can we transform Westminster into a modern day workplace? How did Simon Hart’s time at The Countryside Alliance inform his politics?  Rory and Alastair are join...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - lifting the lid on the whips’ office with ex chief whip Simon Hart plus his take on Tories past and present and what it is like losing power alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/128-...

YouTube video by Dr Russell Razzaque A Psychiatrist Examines The Mind Of Donald Trump And Why He's Sabotaging The Global Economy

@restispoliticsus.bsky.social worth a look at this physiological profile of Trump youtu.be/xp19MR89JzM?... @restispolitics.bsky.social

390. Question Time: India’s moment, Qatargate, and do young brits want a dictator? How should Starmer respond to the 27% of young people who would prefer to live in a dictatorship? Could India become a third power, rivalling the US and China? And, why do politicians never explain wh...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A- young people more optimistic than we thought; deep dive India foreign policy; Bibi and Qatargate; Myanmar and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/390-...

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🚨FOUNDING MEMBERS EPISODE NOW PUBLIC🚨

🤜Trump’s Fight Club🤛

Tune in now to hear Katty Kay and The Mooch discuss:

🤔Is Bernie Sanders a populist?
🫖Do the Democrats need a Tea Party movement?
📉The stock market under Trump

Watch/listen now 👇
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Some disabled people could lose £10k a year in benefits by end of decade Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many

Tens of thousands of people will be hit by “knock-on impact” of PIP cuts. Unpaid carers face losing carer’s allowance if their family member loses eligibility for disability benefits - a devastating double loss

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James O’Brien Daily ‘New & Noteworthy’ on Apple Podcasts

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Badenoch makes bleak local elections prediction - as Farage mocks 'comical' new slogan On 1 May, across England, more than 1,600 council seats will be up for re-election, alongside six mayors. The Conservative Party is facing being squeezed by the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and local ...

“Almost every" council the Conservatives won in 2021 could be lost in this year's local elections, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has conceded

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385. Question Time: Trump, Putin, and the Future of Ukraine How likely is an all-out win for Putin? What do Saudi Arabia and UAE think about Trump? What is behind the protests in Serbia? Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all of this and more. The Rest Is P...

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A - Gaza, Ukraine, huge protests in Serbia, and @rory-stewart.bsky.social on his faith alastaircampbell.org/2025/03/385-...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Question Time: Trump, Putin, and the Future of Ukraine

This week on Question Time, Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell discuss:

🇺🇦Will Putin get his way in Ukraine?
🇸🇦What do the Saudis think of Trump?
🇷🇸Why Serbians are fed up with corruption

Tune in now 👇
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