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Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart break down current affairs in the UK and abroad.
The Rest Is Politics analyses the latest international news, provides debate on global issues, and reveals secrets from Westminster, whilst bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably.
Topics: Politics , News , Government
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Example Transcripts
Becoming Burnham: The Manchester Arena Call, Westminster Plotting, and Keir vs Andy September 3, 2026
MAGA's Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland's 'Brexit' Moment September 2, 2026
Who Really Benefits from AI and Will Data Centres Decide the Midterms? September 1, 2026
Becoming Burnham: People Pleasing, The Shadow Years and Losing to Jeremy Corbyn August 27, 2026
Carney vs. Trump and Alastair’s Advice for Burnham’s First PMQs August 26, 2026
Zelenskyy’s Corruption Problem and Is History Repeating Itself in Germany? August 25, 2026
Becoming Burnham: Thatcher, Hillsborough, and the Anger that Shaped Him | Part 1 August 20, 2026
Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy August 18, 2026
Will Climate Action Go Backwards Under Burnham? August 13, 2026
The Right’s War With Itself and Burnham’s Prisons Challenge August 12, 2026
How Trump’s Chaos Keeps Splintering the World Order August 11, 2026
The Truth About Climate Migration – It's More Complicated Than You Think August 6, 2026
Trump's Hamas Disarmament 'Deal' and Europe's FIFA Boycott August 5, 2026
Who Really Benefits from the Ceuta Migration Crisis? August 4, 2026
The 'Cockroach' Uprising and Should We Stop Data Centres? July 29, 2026
Can Burnham Deliver Britain's Biggest Change in Generations? July 28, 2026
Britain's Ticking Time Bomb: The Food Security Crisis July 23, 2026
The US-China AI Arms Race and Badenoch vs. Rory’s Centrism July 22, 2026
Burnham’s Cabinet Purge and the Rough Sleeping Pledge July 21, 2026
The Secret Security Threat The Government Don’t Want Us To Know July 16, 2026
Burnham’s Worldview, Trump's Ceasefire Collapse, and Advising Count Binface July 15, 2026
Farage in Meltdown and The Killing of Ann Widdecombe July 14, 2026
Trump's Red Card Saga and Germany's Far-Right Machine July 8, 2026
Will Farage’s Trumpian Resignation Stunt Backfire? July 7, 2026
Will Farage's Extreme Wealth Be His Downfall? July 2, 2026
Mamdani’s Wrecking Ball and the Rise of Anti-Migrant Vigilantes July 1, 2026
Burnham vs. Westminster and Trump’s Next Target June 30, 2026
The Truth About Russian Oil, Net Zero, and North Sea Drilling June 24, 2026
Keir Starmer Resigns: What Happens Next? June 22, 2026
Burnham Beats Reform: Britain’s Next Prime Minister? June 19, 2026
How Trump Is Weaponising AI and Martial Arts at the White House June 17, 2026
The Disaster Britain Still Can't Escape and Trump’s Iran ‘Deal’ June 16, 2026
Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next? June 11, 2026
Trump’s World Cup Mess and Kushner’s Albania Deal June 10, 2026
The Untold Iran Crisis, Henry Nowak, and Farage’s Politics of Rage June 9, 2026
Embezzlement, the Mandelson Texts, and Hasan Piker's UK Ban June 3, 2026
The Pope’s AI Warning and Alastair Reacts to Blair’s Attack June 2, 2026
Trump's Orwellian Maths and the King's Special Relationship Mission April 28, 2026
JD Vance vs. the Pope and the Far-Right Funding Machine (Question Time) April 22, 2026
Starmer’s Mandelson Mess and the Iranian Nuclear Threat April 21, 2026
The Starmer-Mandelson Scandal: Lying or Incompetence? April 17, 2026
Beating Populism: How To Fight Back April 16, 2026
Has Hungary Shown Britain How to Beat Farage? (Question Time) April 15, 2026
Trump’s Naval Blockade: Is America Becoming a Rogue State? April 14, 2026
Orbán Ousted: Is The Tide Turning Against Far-Right Populism? April 13, 2026
Trump's NATO Threat & a Critical Election in Hungary (Question Time) April 8, 2026
Is Trump a Fascist and is his War with Iran Unwinnable? April 7, 2026
The Real Reasons Populism Is Taking Over April 2, 2026
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