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The Rest Is Politics — 610 episodes

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"Our Generation Was Lied To": Two Gen Z MPs on Fixing Politics

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570. Why Trump Acts Like a Russian Asset and Miliband’s West Bank Sanctions

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569. Farage’s Foreign Funding Scandal and Germany’s Far-Right Breakthrough

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Becoming Burnham: The Manchester Arena Call, Westminster Plotting, and Keir vs Andy

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568. MAGA's Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland's 'Brexit' Moment

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567. Who Really Benefits from AI and Will Data Centres Decide the Midterms?

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Becoming Burnham: People Pleasing, The Shadow Years and Losing to Jeremy Corbyn

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566. Carney vs. Trump and Alastair’s Advice for Burnham’s First PMQs

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565. Zelenskyy’s Corruption Problem and Is History Repeating Itself in Germany?

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Becoming Burnham: Thatcher, Hillsborough, and the Anger that Shaped Him | Part 1

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564. Burnham’s Media Machine and West Bank Settler Impunity

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563. Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy

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Will Climate Action Go Backwards Under Burnham?

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562. The Right’s War With Itself and Burnham’s Prisons Challenge

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561. How Trump’s Chaos Keeps Splintering the World Order

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The Truth About Climate Migration – It's More Complicated Than You Think

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560. Trump's Hamas Disarmament 'Deal' and Europe's FIFA Boycott

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559. Who Really Benefits from the Ceuta Migration Crisis?

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Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?

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558. The 'Cockroach' Uprising and Should We Stop Data Centres?

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557. Can Burnham Deliver Britain's Biggest Change in Generations?

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Britain's Ticking Time Bomb: The Food Security Crisis

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556. The US-China AI Arms Race and Badenoch vs. Rory’s Centrism

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555. Burnham’s Cabinet Purge and the Rough Sleeping Pledge

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The Secret Security Threat The Government Don’t Want Us To Know

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554. Burnham’s Worldview, Trump's Ceasefire Collapse, and Advising Count Binface

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553. Farage in Meltdown and The Killing of Ann Widdecombe

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552. Trump's Red Card Saga and Germany's Far-Right Machine

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551. Will Farage’s Trumpian Resignation Stunt Backfire?

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550. Will Farage's Extreme Wealth Be His Downfall?

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549. Mamdani’s Wrecking Ball and the Rise of Anti-Migrant Vigilantes

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548. Burnham vs. Westminster and Trump’s Next Target

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547. The Truth About Russian Oil, Net Zero, and North Sea Drilling

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546. Keir Starmer Resigns: What Happens Next?

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545. Burnham Beats Reform: Britain’s Next Prime Minister?

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544. How Trump Is Weaponising AI and Martial Arts at the White House

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543. The Disaster Britain Still Can't Escape and Trump’s Iran ‘Deal’

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542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

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541. Trump’s World Cup Mess and Kushner’s Albania Deal

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540. The Untold Iran Crisis, Henry Nowak, and Farage’s Politics of Rage

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539. Embezzlement, the Mandelson Texts, and Hasan Piker's UK Ban

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538. The Pope’s AI Warning and Alastair Reacts to Blair’s Attack

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Who Funds Reform? The Missing Millions

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537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

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536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

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Struggling or Snowflakes? The Gen Z Mental Health Story

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535. The Ebola Outbreak and the British Far-Right’s Next Move

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534. Is Wes Streeting Trying to Sabotage Andy Burnham?

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533. Andy Burnham's Big Gamble: Can He Beat Reform?

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532. The Trump-Xi Showdown and Putin’s Conscription Con

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531. Starmer on the Brink: What Next?

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Enraged or Engaged? Angela Rayner on The Gen Z Story

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Divided or Dependent? The Real Gen Z Story

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530. Is Starmer the Next Joe Biden? Rory and Alastair React to Local Elections

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529. Antisemitism, Polarisation, and How the King Outplayed Trump

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528. Trump vs. Germany and Farage’s £5m ‘Gift’

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Lucky or Left Behind? The Gen Z Money Story

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527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

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526. Trump's Orwellian Maths and the King's Special Relationship Mission

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525. JD Vance vs. the Pope and the Far-Right Funding Machine (Question Time)

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524. Starmer’s Mandelson Mess and the Iranian Nuclear Threat

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523. The Starmer-Mandelson Scandal: Lying or Incompetence?

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Beating Populism: How To Fight Back

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522. Has Hungary Shown Britain How to Beat Farage? (Question Time)

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521. Trump’s Naval Blockade: Is America Becoming a Rogue State?

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520. Orbán Ousted: Is The Tide Turning Against Far-Right Populism?

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519. Trump's NATO Threat & a Critical Election in Hungary (Question Time)

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518. Is Trump a Fascist and is His War on Iran Unwinnable?

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The Real Reasons Populism Is Taking Over

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517. Is Trump Plotting Regime Change in Cuba? (Question Time)

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516. Trump’s Iran Delusion and the Limits of American Power

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Nineteen Eighty-Four: Dominic Sandbrook on Big Brother, Surveillance, and Fear (The Book Club)

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515. Starmer’s Foreign Aid Betrayal, Islamophobia & Australia’s Far Right (Question Time)

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514. Who Is Profiting from Trump's Iran Catastrophe?

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513. Inside Iran: The Country Trump Cannot Control? (Question Time)

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512. Trump’s Iran Disaster and the GB News Propaganda Machine

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511. Is Blair Undermining Starmer on Iran? (Question Time)

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510. How The Iran War Is Spiralling Into a Global Crisis

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The Future of Warfare: Anthropic vs OpenAI

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509. Labour's Polanski Problem and the Student Loans Scandal (Question Time)

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508. Is Starmer Sleepwalking into War with Iran?

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507. The Ayatollah Is Killed - REACTION

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506. Trump Attacks Iran: What Happens Now?

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505. Are Trump and Putin Underestimating Ukraine?

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504. Is Trump Losing His Tariffs War? (Question Time)

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Why Trump Wants Greenland

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503. Andrew’s Arrest: What Next?

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502. How Nigel Farage Gets Away With It (Question Time)

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501. Is Starmer Too Soft on Trump? Inside the Munich Security Conference

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The Battle for the Arctic

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500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

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499. Is It Game Over for Starmer?

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498. Alastair Reacts to Starmer-Mandelson Turmoil

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497. Is Trump Plotting Regime Change in Iran? (Question Time)

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496. Mandelson’s Disgrace: How Epstein Poisoned Our Politics

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495. Terror in Minnesota: The Putinisation of America (Question Time)

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494. Carney’s Trump Fightback and the Starmer-Burnham Fallout

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What If the AI Revolution Isn’t Real?

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493. Trump Insults NATO Troops

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492. Should Europe Boycott the World Cup? (Question Time)

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491. Trump at Davos: Rory and Alastair React

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490. Trump’s Greenland Ultimatum: What Next?

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Will AI End Humanity?

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489. Musk's AI Deepfake Disgrace & JD Vance's Minnesota Lies (Question Time)

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488. Is Iran on the Edge of Revolution?

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China vs USA: Who Will Win the AI Race?

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487. Is Starmer Rethinking His Approach to Europe? (Question Time)

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486. Does Maduro’s Capture Put Greenland at Risk?

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485. Trump Says America will Run Venezuela

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484. War in Europe, Trump's Destruction of Institutions, and Britain’s National Treasures (Question Time)

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483. The Future of British Politics, How The World Order Is Changing, and The Power of History

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482. A Trumpian Year, the Politics of Hope and Highlights of 2025

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481. Polanski, Macron & al-Sharaa: The Best & Worst Politicians of 2025

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Will AI Take Our Jobs? (Ep 2)

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480. Trump, China, and the Scramble for Latin America (Question Time)

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479. Russian Influence in Britain: How Exposed Are We?

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How Will AI Change The World? (Ep 1)

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478. Farage’s Crypto Megadonor and the Graduate Jobs Disaster (Question Time)

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477. How Trump’s Security Strategy Destroys The Old World Order

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476. Polanski’s Problem, Westminster’s Russia Blind Spot, and Justice Without Juries? (Question Time)

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475. The Budget Backlash – and Trump’s Plan to Profit from Peace in Ukraine

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Introducing: The Rest Is Science

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474. Does Reeves' Budget Really Change Anything? What It Means For You

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473. Europe vs. Trump: Competing Visions for a Ukraine Peace Deal (Question Time)

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472. Is Trump’s Peace 'Plan’ Forced Surrender for Ukraine?

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471. Rory Stewart: How the Government Tried to Silence Me on Lockdowns

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470. China vs Japan, the BBC at Breaking Point, and The Future of Satire (Question Time)

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469. Is Starmer Out of Moves? Asylum Gamble, Tax Chaos, and Open Infighting

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468. Starmer in Crisis: Sabotage From Within? (Question Time)

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467. The Mamdani Method Explained: Could It Shock Britain?

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466. Crisis Engulfs the BBC: Is this a Coordinated Attack?

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Murdoch's Succession Battle and the Fight for Fox News

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465. Andrew’s Disgrace, Newsnight, and a Centrist Win in the Netherlands (Question Time)

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464. Labour’s Tax Timebomb, Climate Backsliding, and Sudan’s Forgotten War

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The Monster He Made: Murdoch, Trump, and the Price of Power (Part 4)

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463. Question Time: How Truth Became Optional In Trump’s America

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462. Starmer Hits Rock Bottom: Will He Break His Manifesto to Survive?

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The Phone-Hacking Scandal: How Murdoch's UK Empire Fell (Part 3)

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461. Question Time: The Tel Aviv Fan Ban & Japan’s New Thatcher

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460. Inside Trump’s Gaza-Ukraine Playbook: Who Profits from Peace?

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A Deal With the Devil? Murdoch and New Labour (Part 2)

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459. Question Time: Reform's Potential Upside, Why Bad News Sells & Reasons To Stay Hopeful

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458. Can Trump's Peace Deal Actually Work?

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The Rise of Rupert Murdoch: Making of a Mogul (Part 1)

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457. Is Trump Planning Regime Change?

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456. Antisemitism, How the Tories Lost Britain, and Gaza

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455. Question Time: Is Europe Already At War With Russia?

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454. Starmer's Farage Fightback and Trump's Unworkable Gaza Plan

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453. Trump’s Far Right Allies in Germany: Is History Repeating Itself?

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452. Question Time: America’s New Martyr and Westminster’s Hidden Spies

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451. Is Trump Destroying the UN?

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450. Question Time: How Gen Z Took Down the Government

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449. Starmer Loses Control: Will Andy Burnham Challenge the PM?

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448. Question Time: Mandelson’s Epstein Disgrace, Kirk’s Assassination, and Trump’s Illegal Boat Strike

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447. Is Starmer Sleepwalking Britain into Farage’s Hands?

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446. Israel Bombs Qatar: Where Does Impunity End?

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445. Starmer's Deputy PM Quits: The Return of Chaos in British Politics?

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444. Question Time: Can Labour Reinvent Itself?

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443. China’s Plot to Topple Trump: How to Bring Down a Superpower

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442. Question Time: Trump's Plot To Cancel The Midterms

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441. The Reality of Farage’s Mass Deportation Fantasy

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440. Question Time: How To Start A Centrist Party

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439. The Pro-Putin President: Are Zelensky and Europe sleepwalking into disaster?

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438. Inside the Trump-Putin Summit: What Really Happened in Alaska?

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437. Question Time: Farage vs Corbyn: The UK's Next Prime Minister?

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436. Is Trump Gifting Ukraine to Putin?

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The Gun Lobby Responsible for Trump: Journey Through Time

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435. Question Time: The Migrant Return Plan, Colombia’s Drug Cartels, and Will Rory Join Corbyn’s New Party?

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434. Why the West is Finally Recognising Palestine

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433. Question Time: Epstein’s Inner Circle, Ukraine’s Zelensky Backlash, and Destroying the Addiction Economy

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432. Trump, Starmer, and Gaza: Is The Tide Turning Against Israel?

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431. Question Time: Netanyahu’s Survival, Deadly Clashes in Syria, and Japan’s "Deep State"

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430. Murdoch, Epstein, and AI Billionaires: Is Trump Losing Control?

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The Real JD Vance: How Trump Ditched Ideology (Part 5)

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429. Question Time: Gaza, Genocide, and Global Hypocrisy

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428. Rory vs. Alastair: Are we spending too much on defence?

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427. The Real JD Vance: Heir to the MAGA Throne (Part 4)

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426. Corbyn's Comeback, Musk's New Party and The Broken SEND System

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425. Israel, Gaza, and the Definition of Genocide

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424. The Real JD Vance: From Never Trumper to Vice President (Part 3)

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423. Question Time: Glastonbury’s Israel fallout, New York’s socialist mayor and why NATO called Trump ‘daddy’

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422. Things Can Only Get Better? Starmer's Stormy First Year

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421. The Real JD Vance: The Power Behind The Man (Part 2)

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420. Question Time: The History of Iran vs. the West

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419. What next for Trump, Israel, and Iran? | Peace vs. Regime Change

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418. Trump Bombs Iran: What Happens Now?

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417. The Real JD Vance: America’s Next President? (Part 1)

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416. Question Time: What the Head of MI6 Really Does

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415. Iran, Israel, and Trump: War in the Middle East

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414. Israel vs. Iran: What Happens Next

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413. Question Time: How to solve Britain’s immigration question

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412. Is Trump Starting a Civil War? | LA Protests

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411. Question Time: Gaza’s Aid Blocked, Trump’s Power Tested & Dominic Cummings’ Big Mistake

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410. China, Russia, and Cyberwarfare: Is the UK preparing for the wrong war?

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409. Question Time: Trump's Golden Dome, Gaza's Global Outcry and Starmer's Prison Gamble

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408. Broken Britain: Farage’s Plot to Outflank Labour

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407. Question Time: The U-turn Starmer Can’t Avoid

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406. Biden, Springsteen, and Trump: Dancing in the Dark

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405. Starmer's EU Deal: A New Era

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404. Question Time: How Starmer Fell Into Farage's Immigration Trap

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403. Trump's Gulf Billions: Saudi, Sanctions, and Ceasefires

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402. Question Time: India vs. Pakistan | What Happens Now?

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401. Trump’s Corruption Machine, Israeli Settlers, and the Rise of Reform UK

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400. Question Time: Has the US underestimated China?

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399. Trump vs. Putin, How to Stop Farage, and Kashmir Explained

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398. Question Time: Trump’s Plan to Overhaul US Diplomacy

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397. Pope Francis, the Supreme Court Gender Ruling, and Trump’s International Populist Network

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396. Question Time: It's over for Kemi Badenoch

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395. Trump, Xi, and how China outsmarted America

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394. How We Trolled the Trolls: Putin, Trump, and Musk (with Anthony Scaramucci)

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393. Question Time: America’s last ally, Japan in crisis, and Netanyahu on the brink?

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392. Trump’s Rampage: The Fight Against Global Crisis

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391. Trump vs. the World: Global Trade War

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390. Question Time: India’s moment, Qatargate, and do young brits want a dictator?

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389. Trump, Vance, and How the US Invades Greenland

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388. Question Time: Adolescence, Mexico at a crossroads, and Carney’s Canadian momentum

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387. Spring Statement Verdict with Economist Paul Johnson (Extract)

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386. Trump's 'Bomb Yemen' Group Chat

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

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384. Labour’s War on Welfare, Trump’s Tariff Secret, and Britain’s Fight for Farming

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383. Question Time: Farage vs. Reform, is Labour still socialist, and how to ‘out-Trump’ Trump

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382. Revenge on the West: Putin and Xi’s Plan For Trump

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381. Question Time: Starmer’s Dilemma

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380. JD Vance vs. the UK

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379. The Four Outcomes For Ukraine

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378. TRUMP VS. ZELENSKY: OVAL OFFICE SHOWDOWN

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377. Question Time: How will Europe defend itself?

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376. Aid vs Defence: A Livestream Special

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375. Germany's Fight Against the Far Right

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374. Question Time: Why The US Needs A Leader Of The Opposition

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373. Europe vs. America: Crisis in the West

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372. Syria, al-Sharaa, and the future of the Middle East

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371. Question Time: Buying Gaza, Macron’s AI Stunt, and Europe on a Knife’s Edge

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370. Starmer’s Silver Bullet and Trump’s War on the Poor

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369. Question Time: China’s DeepSeek, Ambassador Mandelson, and misogyny in politics

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368. Trump's Plan for Gaza

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367. Rory vs JD Vance, recording from Damascus, and Trump’s tariffs

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366. Question Time: Why do dictators bother with sham elections?

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365. Trump's Mafia World Order

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364. Question Time: America’s waning power, Alastair vs. Meta, and the existential threat of depopulation

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363. The Return of Donald J. Trump

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362. Question Time: Labour’s education error and Blair’s mistake on mental health

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361. Gaza, Israel, and Ceasefire

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360. Question Time: Assad’s People - Syria, Torture, and Justice

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359. Starmer vs. Musk: Why the richest man in the world turned against the Prime Minister

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358. Question Time: Political translators, Boris Johnson, and politicians to watch in 2025

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357. Political New Year's resolutions, Elon Musk, and what happens next in Taiwan?

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356. Georgia, Russia, and the fight for democracy - An interview with the President of Georgia

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355. How to start a campaign, Gisele Pelicot, and the biggest surprise of 2024

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354. Nigel Farage, dad-dancing populists, and the worst politician of the year

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353. Question Time: Celeb politicians, Chinese spies, and Ireland vs. Israel

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352. How to solve the small boats crisis

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351. Question Time: Geopolitics in Crisis

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350. Assad in Moscow, Trump meets Zelensky, and Farage’s secret strategy

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349. The Fall of Assad: What's next for Syria?

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348. Syria, Afghanistan, and The Rest Is Classified

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347. Question Time: Biden’s Pardon is Unforgivable

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346. The Battle for Syria

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345. TRIP US: The Golden Age of Corruption

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344. Question Time: Should MPs vote with their conscience or constituents?

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343. What Happens Next: Israel vs. the International Criminal Court

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342. Question Time: Farmer vs Starmer, courting China, and the purpose of COP

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341. Biden vs. Trump: A fight for the future of Ukraine

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340. Question Time: Assisted Dying, Texting Macron, and the Politics of Scandal

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339. Trump, the Middle East, and Ukraine

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338. Trump beyond America: what’s next?

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337. Trump Returns: What Now?

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336. 8am: TRUMP WINS

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335. 6am: Trump On The Brink

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334. 11pm: US Election Countdown Begins

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333. Kemi Badenoch, Tory Party Leader

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332. Rachel Reeves' Budget: How does it affect you?

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331. Question Time: Murdoch or Musk — who has more power?

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330. The US Election: One week to go

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329. Question Time: Technology, privacy, and the battle for the NHS

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328. Could Russia interfere in the US election?

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327. Question Time: What does peace look like in the Middle East?

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326. Labour's first 100 days, the Tory leadership race, and Japan

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325. Question Time: Are the Tories dead or sleeping?

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324. Israel at War: One Year On

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323. Question Time: How it feels to become “the story”

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322. Israel vs Hezbollah: Iran’s next move

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321. Question Time: Why do politicians leak to the press?

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320. Labour’s struggle to define itself, Hezbollah vs. Israel, and understanding Long Covid

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319. TRIP US: The Only State Trump Needs to Win

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318. Question Time: Does America really care about the ‘special relationship’?

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317. How to save the NHS

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316. Why Kamala Harris Still Has a Problem

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315. Question Time: Should we fine people for missing doctor's appointments?

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314. Trump stumbles - but did Harris see him off?

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313. Why Starmer needs to be unpopular

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312. Is America Ready for Gun Reform?

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311. Question Time: Should Labour ban smoking?

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310. The rise of Germany’s far-right

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309. Trump's Secret Weapon

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308. Question Time: Can you be friends with someone you totally disagree with politically?

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307. Starmer put to the test, Modi's visit to Ukraine, and tragedy unfolds in Sudan

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306. Did Kamala Harris' speech scare Trump?

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305. The Obamas takedown Donald Trump

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304. Question Time: Could Trump try and subvert the US election results?

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303. The speech Joe Biden never wanted to give (Live from the Democratic National Convention)

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302. It’s Trump’s Race to Lose

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301. Question Time: Iran’s retaliation, Labour "press bias" and an Olympic hangover

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300. Why Ukraine invaded Russia, the Musk-Trump love-in, and Rory’s visit to Afghanistan

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299. The Secret Behind Trump's Silence

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298. Question Time: Venezuela’s fate, Hezbollah’s response, and how prisoner swaps really work

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297. Far-right chaos, Harris’ running mate, and Bangladesh’s power vacuum

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296. Could Donald Trump drop out?

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295. Question Time: Israel vs. Hezbollah, legalising cannabis, and Kamala Harris' Middle East strategy

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294. Labour’s defining moment and the next Tory leader

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293. Trump’s Next Move

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292. Question Time: China’s army in Europe, Just Stop Oil behind bars, and Andrew Tate

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291. The Rise of Kamala Harris

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290. JOE BIDEN DROPS OUT

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289. TRIP US: The Week Trump Won?

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288. Is Labour's King's Speech bold enough?

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287. Trump’s VP, Labour vs. China, and the King’s Speech

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286. Trump Assassination Attempt: The Aftermath

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285. TRIP US: DONALD TRUMP SHOT

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284. TRIP US: Biden’s Last Stand

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283. Did Reform UK create a fake general election candidate?

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282. Starmer’s first week, Le Pen’s loss in France, and Iran’s new president

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281. How one night transformed British politics

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280. Starmer’s Labour Landslide - 3:30am update

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279. The Day Britain Decides

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278. Question Time: How reliable are the polls?

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277. What stands in the way of a Labour landslide?

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276. Why Joe Biden must step down

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275. TRIP US: Advantage Trump: Will the Democrats move to replace Joe Biden?

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274. Sunak vs Starmer: The Final Showdown

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273. Question Time: Julian Assange, firing your friends, and why Labour should raise taxes

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272. Sunak’s betting scandal, Farage in trouble, and will Rory vote Green?

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271. TRIP US: Biden really losing Hispanic and Black voters?

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270. Will Israel go to war with Hezbollah?

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269. Question Time: Orban in person, Biden's fragility, and the subtle art of focus groups

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268. The Tories' 'taxtopia' attack, Macron's gamble, and the politics of football

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267. TRIP US: If Trump wins, what actually happens to America?

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266. Labour vs Conservatives: What do their manifestos reveal?

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265. Starmer vs Sunak - Round 2: Who won ‘The Battle For Number 10’?

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264. Rishi Sunak’s defining moment

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263. TRIP US: Donald Trump, Silicon Valley and Wall Street: Big Money's Deal with the Devil

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262. Modi loses his majority, Sunak takes on the Treasury, and Welsh Labour in crisis

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261. Sunak vs Starmer: Who won?

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260. The return of Nigel Farage: does it matter?

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259. Can Trump still run for president?

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258. DONALD TRUMP FOUND GUILTY

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257. Diane Abbott, Nigel Farage, and how to plan a campaign

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256. Question Time: Will the podcast dynamic change after the election?

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255. Is Labour's lead narrowing?

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254. Question Time: Is Biden alienating young voters?

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253. TRIP US: Donald Trump vs. Keir Starmer: The end of the special relationship?

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252. SUNAK CALLS GENERAL ELECTION

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251. The Infected Blood Scandal

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250. TRIP US: Why Trump won't go to jail

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249. Question Time: Political honeymoons - how quickly could the public turn on Keir Starmer?

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248. Battle lines are drawn: defections, defence, and David Gauke

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247. Robert F Kennedy Jr: Donald Trump's Vice President?

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246. What Britain thinks: Is the monarchy our greatest soft power asset?

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245. Are we really heading for a hung parliament?

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244. How to buy the White House

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243. Question Time: The worst political cliches, US voter suppression, and is the left-leaning media too 'worthy'?

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242. Scotland in crisis, how to get an opposition MP to defect, and can Britain defend itself?

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241. From White House To Courthouse: Trump On Trial

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240. Question Time: Should Britain nationalise its railways?

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239. The Rwanda ruling, Trudeau in trouble, and The Rest Is Politics: US edition

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238. Question Time: Liz Truss, climate change deniers, and why print media is so polarised

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237. Iran, Israel, and the Middle East: Stopping the slide into all-out war

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236. Question Time: The fight to be Donald Trump’s VP nominee

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235. What Britain really thinks of politics

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234. Question Time: Why New Labour introduced tuition fees, Thatcher and Blair’s canvassing secrets, and the greatest prime minister we never had

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233. From peerages to Putin: the fight against corruption in politics

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232. Question Time: ISIS-K vs Russia, radical reform of the NHS, and the fight against child poverty

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231. Labour's struggle for economic vision and Haiti on the brink

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230. Question Time: £91,000… Should MPs be paid more?

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229. Putin’s sham election, Sunak under threat, and the rift between France and Germany

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228. Question Time: The legacy of Theresa May, abolishing National Insurance, and Sweden joins NATO

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227. Biden’s aid port in Gaza, Tory defection to Reform, and a mole at the top of the IRA

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226. Question Time: Google vs OpenAI, the new Portuguese populist, and why do dictators hold elections?

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225. George Galloway returns, 'omnishambles' budgets, and the plight of Sudan

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224. Question Time: Liz Truss' 'deep state' comments, disability policy, and Shamima Begum

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223. Islamophobia, chaos in the House of Commons, and the North Korean election

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222. Question Time: Banning phones in schools and parliament, citizens' assemblies, and American isolationism

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221. The Killing of Alexei Navalny

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220. Sunak's by-election disaster, Reform UK gains momentum, and political crisis in Rochdale

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219. Question Time: Vladimir Putin’s strategy, Labour’s selection headache, and VAT on private schools

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218. Could the Democrats replace Joe Biden? What’s next for Imran Khan? Why are young people deserting British conservatism?

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217. Question Time: How to cover Israel-Gaza, Labour’s £28bn green investment, and Taylor Swift vs Donald Trump

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216. King Charles, Sunak’s £1000 bet, and the future of North Korea

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215. Question Time: An election in May, combatting homelessness, and investigating think tanks

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214. Israel in court, attacks on American soldiers, and the problem with polling

391

213. Question Time: Standing up to Netanyahu, why Starmer would work with Trump, and the differences between Sunni and Shia

392

212. Why Trump's return wasn't inevitable

393

211. Question Time: Taiwan’s new president, Macron's successor, and the difference between Tories and Conservatives

394

210. Is the Middle East sliding into a wider regional conflict?

395

209. Question Time: What happens when privatisation goes wrong?

396

208. History's warning to Labour, the Post Office scandal, and Bangladesh's battle for power

397

207. Question Time: Fighting British corruption, Japan's economic conundrum, and a Premier League team in Belfast

398

206. How to fix the honours system, chaos in the Red Sea, and Taiwan at a crossroads

399

205. How to combat populism, debating Bill Gates, and David Cameron on the world stage (Part 2)

400

204. Scotland's pivotal role, the moment everything changed, and whether to serve under Starmer (Part 1)

401

203. Question Time: How dangerous is Giorgia Meloni?

402

202. How Labour should fight the election, taking on the British press, and Orbán's future far-right axis

403

201. Question Time: Could the Tories remove Rishi Sunak?

404

200. The Israeli settler movement, Ukraine blockaded, and Putin's perpetual power

405

199. Question Time: Why the infected blood scandal still haunts today’s politics

406

198. King Charles on the world stage, Argentina's Brexit, and the real Henry Kissinger

407

197. Question Time: Should Labour be bolder on Brexit?

408

196. Why are the far-right on the rise?

409

Introducing... The Rest Is Entertainment

410

195. Question Time: Is Sunak's Rwanda plan doomed to fail?

411

194. Autumn statements, Putin's progress, and why advertisers are pulling out of X

412

193. What makes the Tory right so powerful?

413

192. What David Cameron’s return means for Israel-Gaza

414

191. Braverman sacked and Cameron returns

415

190. Question Time: Should WhatsApp messages stay private?

416

189. The King's Speech, performative cruelty, and Argentina

417

188. Question Time: What the Covid Inquiry says about Britain

418

187. The Left and Israel

419

186. Question Time: Nigel Farage’s plan to become Tory leader

420

185. Global perceptions of Israel-Gaza, Labour-Lib Dem bad blood, and Chinese economic crisis

421

184. Question Time: Why Britain Needs Shorter Prison Sentences

422

183. Israel-Gaza: What Happens Next

423

182. Palestine, Gaza, and Israel

424

181. Israel, invasion, and the trap laid by Hamas

425

180. Question Time: Is Suella Braverman pretending to be right-wing?

426

179. Is Keir Starmer ready to be Prime Minister?

427

178. Israel At War

428

177. Question Time: A new centrist party, mafia politics in New Jersey, and was Jesus a socialist?

429

176. Can the Tory Party be saved?

430

175. Question Time: The Power of Rupert Murdoch

431

174. Scrapping HS2, ‘Ukraine fatigue’, and 'Vive le Roi!'

432

173. Question Time: Corbyn's expulsion from Labour, Belgium's sex education crisis, and how would Blair fare as PM today?

433

172. Liz Truss returns, Putin's Western puppets, and Rory at the United Nations

434

Politics On the Edge (Extract)

435

171. Question Time: The return of Liz Truss, Slovakia's answer to Viktor Orbán, and Starmer's popularity waning?

436

170. Prison escape, a test for Australian democracy, and spooks in Westminster?

437

169. Question Time: Imagining Labour’s first 100 days in power, Australia’s Indigenous Voice referendum, and compulsory politics in schools

438

168. Crumbling Britain, a ruthless reshuffle, and Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘beautiful ears’

439

Introducing... The Rest Is Money

440

167. Question Time: How to rig an election, Scotland's golden goose, and the least impressive president of all time

441

166. Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, and absolute populist power

442

165: Question Time: Populism in Portugal, texting David Cameron, and a challenger to Trump?

443

164. The Trial of Lucy Letby, the domination of the dollar, and politicians vs. lawyers

444

163. Question Time: Privatisation vs. Nationalisation

445

162. Small boats, Zimbabwe since Mugabe, and Trump's anti-mafia indictment

446

161. Question Time: Rebuilding the Tory brand, Macron’s successor, and the militarisation of Mexico

447

160. White House or jail? The future of Donald J. Trump

448

159. Question Time: Sweden's Quran-burning crisis, Farage vs. the banks, and what is 'the establishment'?

449

158. Sunak's net zero culture war, Africa's 'coup belt', and a new strategy for the German far-right

450

157. Question Time: Knocking over Liz Truss, Oxbridge dominance, and life under the Taliban

451

156. Labour on the defensive, Machismo in Spain, and Israel on a knife-edge

452

155. Sunak slides to defeat in Selby and Somerton

453

154. Question Time: Ben Wallace, intellectual PMs, and the fight for the Israeli flag

454

153. How radical would Labour be in power?

455

152. The Power of Prigozhin

456

151. Question Time: Feargal Sharkey on water pollution, drug legalisation, and fishing

457

150. Sunak’s path to victory, Trump’s stance on Ukraine, and the future of Palestine

458

149. Question Time: How to end a civil war, psychedelic treatments, and will the Orkney Islands join Norway?

459

148. France on fire, Thames Water troubles, and NHS privatisation

460

147. Question Time: The next global superpower, a royal panic, and Rory on Austerity

461

146. Putin vs. Prigozhin, the power of Lebedev, and the battle for Southeast Asia

462

145. Putin under threat as Wagner mutiny

463

144. Question Time: The War On Drugs, a Tory Green Party, and Long Covid

464

143. The world looks to Beijing, Putin vs. Africa, and Rory's sliding Brexit doors

465

142. Is this the end for Boris Johnson?

466

141. Question Time: Labour greatest hope, what a Trump presidency would mean for Ukraine, and should we ban vaping?

467

140. Johnson and Sunak at war, Sturgeon's arrest, and the death of Silvio Berlusconi

468

139. BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS

469

138. Question Time: The Bullingdon Club, democracy vs. capitalism, and overcoming foot-and-mouth

470

137. Government taking itself to court, avoiding war with China, and Polish protests

471

136. Question Time: Johnson vs. Stewart, protests in Serbia, and are think tanks actually influential?

472

135. Spanish politics explained and a deep dive into AI

473

134. Question Time: Solving sewage, building on the Green Belt, and the most intimidating person in politics

474

133. Suella's speeding, Japan in focus, and what's the point of the G7?

475

But What Can I Do? (Extract)

476

132. Question Time: How to reform prisons, Macron vs. Clinton, and what is the Privy Council?

477

131. Erdoğan fights on, 'Clause IV on steroids', and the fall of military rule

478

130. Question Time: Bumping into Boris Johnson, the Hong Kong handover, and One-nation Tories vs. Blairites

479

129. Sunak at a crossroads, weaponising 'woke', and the Wagner Group

480

128. Local Elections: Who's the real winner?

481

127. Question Time: Communists in Austria, the collapse of First Republic, and the political power of Ben and Jerry's

482

126. King Charles III's coronation, the geopolitics of net-zero, and the power of oracy

483

125. Question Time: Murdoch mayhem, the politics of nepotism, and Alastair Campbell MP?

484

124. Politicians vs. civil servants, evacuating Sudan, and Diane Abbott

485

123. DOMINIC RAAB RESIGNS

486

122. Question Time: Leaking Liz Truss, the funniest person in politics, and ‘Killing Thatcher’

487

121. Chaos in Sudan, Biden vs. Sunak, and the fall of Braverman?

488

120. Question Time: Macron and Xi Jinping, the rise of the right, and Tony Blair vs. UFOs

489

119. Starmer's most controversial move yet, the truth behind Vladimir Putin, and the Good Friday Agreement

490

118. Question Time: Democracy under threat, rampant sewage, and campaign songs

491

117. Trump's indictment, Dover delays, and Sanna Marin loses

492

116. Question Time: Corbyn and Cummings, Cool Britannia, and Ofsted

493

115. France on fire, fake Korean cash, and a new Scottish nationalism

494

114. Question Time: Banks in crisis, Imran Khan, and Blair on The Simpsons

495

113. Iraq: the fallout, Scotland at a crossroads, and ‘sneaky beakies’

496

112. Iraq: The Legacy

497

111. The Iraq War

498

110. Gary Lineker, BBC in crisis, and small boats

499

109. Question Time: Powerful speeches, population control and Isabel Oakeshott

E
500

108. Hancock’s humiliation and the end for Johnson

501

107. Question Time: Bernie Sanders vs. Michael Foot, Universal Basic Income, and Boris Johnson's NATO ambitions...

502

106. Sunak’s Windsor win, Labour’s path to victory, and Beijing’s view of Moscow

503

105. Question Time: Foreign ownership in football, the BBC vs. Modi, and conspiracy theories

504

104. Ukraine: one year on, the fall of Nicola Sturgeon, and Sunak's biggest gamble

505

103. Question Time: Expensing helicopters, the North-South divide, and Rory's return to politics?

506

102. The Secret Brexit Summit, Erdoğan under fire, and the death penalty

507

101. Question Time: Palestine in 2023, Chat GPT, and what do diplomats actually do?

508

100. The Revenge of Liz Truss, Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, and China's 'Red Zeppelin'

509

99. Question Time: Missing refugees, the best type of MPs, and are universities left wing?

510

98. 100 days of Sunak, the art of resigning, and Israel-Palestine

511

97. Question Time: Leaving office, a Labour Scotland, and what's the point of Davos?

512

96. Johnson's £800k loan, Zahawi's tax trouble, and Russia in Africa

513

95. Question Time: Combatting Andrew Tate, crisis at the Met, and Johnson standing again

514

94. Police power, gender recognition, and women in Afghanistan

515

Leading: Michael Heseltine

516

93. Question Time: Rishi Sunak's doctor, Rory's Brad Pitt deal, and Iranian regime change?

517

92. Prince Harry, Brazil's failed coup, and Myanmar’s criminal junta

518

91. Zelensky's message, Netanyahu's return, and Putin's 'mystery woman'

519

90. NHS in crisis, the Blair-Brown years, and Mandela on Gaddafi

E
520

89. Where will we be in 2023?

521

88. TRIP Awards 2022 (with a special guest...)

522

87. Question Time: Drugs in Parliament, the meaning of evil, and Jeremy Clarkson

523

86. Politics in football, Trump under pressure, and Kosovo

E
524

85. Question Time: Harry and Meghan, the National Anthem, and Latin America

525

84. Britain on strike, hostage swaps, and assisted suicide

526

83. Question Time: Votes for prisoners, a united Ireland, and the meaning of 'liberal'

527

82. Keir vs. peers, George W. Bush, and $580k in a sofa...

528

81. Ex-New Zealand PM Helen Clark on monarchy, extreme poverty, and Jacinda Ardern

529

80. Question Time: How to become an MP, the art of whipping, and NIMBYs

530

79. Protests in China, UK strikes, and crypto bros

531

78. Question Time: Nigel Farage, proportional representation, and mandatory ID cards

532

77. Qatar, the World Cup, and Sunak vs. Starmer

533

76. Question Time: Food banks, ageing populations, and 'virtue signalling'

534

75. Trump vs. DeSantis, Sunak on the world stage, and Iran

535

74. Question Time: Women in politics, AI advancements, and airports

536

73. COP, Gavin Williamson, and US midterms

537

72. Julia Gillard on Rishi Sunak, compulsory voting and that misogyny speech

538

71. Question Time: Elon Musk, Twitter, and regulating 'Big Tech'

539

70. Braverman, Brazil, and Hancock in the jungle

540

69. François Hollande on Putin, Obama, and Brexit

541

68. Question Time: Battle for the National Trust, getting over Brexit and boycotting Qatar

542

67. PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK

543

66. LIZ TRUSS RESIGNS

544

65. Question Time: Imposter Syndrome, the Commonwealth and fox hunting

545

64. Hunt U-turn as Truss goes missing

E
546

63. TRUSS DOWN, KWARTENG OUT

547

62. Question Time: Liberal Democrats, Lordships and Labour's return

548

61. "Detested" Tories, the SNP, and Israel

E
549

60. Fear and Loathing in Birmingham

550

59. Question Time: Biden, barristers and the Black Watch

551

58. U-turns, Ukraine and election season

552

57. The Week Everything Changed

553

56. Question Time: Prison reform, lobbying, and Alastair on Strictly

554

55. The Kamikwaze budget, Iranian protests, and Italian 'post-fascists'

E
555

54. Albanian PM Edi Rama on Putin, Macron, and combating corruption

556

53. Question Time: Blair-Brown, the Special Relationship, and official apologies

557

52. The Queen's funeral, United Nations, and fracking

558

51. Mark Drakeford on Labour success, Tory PMs, and Welsh nationalism

559

50. Question Time: King Charles III, Scottish accents, and left vs. right

560

49. Queen Elizabeth II, Ukrainian counter-attacks, and Sweden

561

48. Question Time: Parents, Austerity, and talking with hands

562

47. Liz Truss, lido politics, and Chile

563

46. PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS

E
564

45. Question Time: BBC impartiality, books vs. newspapers, and Stewart spoofery

565

44. Freezing bills, mental health in politics, and Rory's new job

566

43. Question Time: Margaret Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch, and Mick Lynch

567

42. Working for Truss, Blackpool with Clinton, and Sewage

568

Introducing Empire

569

41. Question Time: Classified documents, Eddie Jones, and A-levels

570

40. Salman Rushdie, the energy price cap, and Afghanistan

571

39. Question Time: Clan Campbell vs. Clan Stewart, Tartan Trews, and Lindsay Hoyle

572

38. Amnesty International, cabinet duels, and fuel poverty

573

37. Question Time: Scottish Unionism, growth, and cannibalism

574

36. William Hague on Boris Johnson, Blair, and Brexit

575

35. Al-Qaeda, Pelosi in Taiwan, and working for Truss

576

34. Question Time: The last days of Blair and May, carbon footprints, and remaining hopeful

577

33. Blue on blue, famine in Africa, and David Trimble

E
578

32. Question Time: Treating addiction, feminism, and a fear of ketchup

579

31. Rishi Sunak vs. Liz Truss

580

30. Keir Starmer on rebuilding Labour, Tory leadership, and Brexit

E
581

29. Heatwaves, semiconductors, and Johnson's return?

582

28. Question Time: Shinzo Abe, Sri Lanka, and 'Big Society'

E
583

27. Tory leadership race: contenders and pretenders

584

26. BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS

E
585

25. British scandals, global recession, and Elvis

586

24. SPECIAL: SUNAK AND JAVID RESIGN

E
587

23. Question Time: Roe v. Wade, military MPs, and Ismail Kadare

E
588

22. Tony Blair on the UK's relegation battle

E
589

21. Question Time: The Queen's toilet, Carole Cadwalladr, and climate crisis

590

20. By-elections, strikes, and populists

591

19. Question Time: Ukraine, Tony Blair, and foreign languages

592

18. Keir Starmer, Northern Ireland, and disagreeing 'agreeably'

593

17. Question Time: Austerity, diaries, and impostors

594

16. Johnson, monarchy, and the West Bank

595

15. Question Time: Hong Kong handover, human rights, and Tintin

596

14. Charisma, Portugal, and gun control

E
597

13. Rupert Murdoch, Taiwan, and Burnley

598

12. Food shortages, Francois Hollande, and Shireen Abu Akleh

E
599

11. Putin’s blanket, election fallout, and China in Africa

600

10. Bad politics, local elections, and toxic debates

601

9. Biggest snakes, Basic Instinct, and meeting Miley

602

8. Rwanda, Religion and the Return of Trump

603

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

604

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

E
605

5. Tribal politics, anonymous sources, and Malcolm Tucker

E
606

4. Iraq, brave opposition, and powerful Chancellors

E
607

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

E
608

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

609

2. Lying, vanity and friendship in politics

E
610

1. Putin in person, Russian money in British politics, and Bono vs Blair

E