115. The Man Who Sold the War
Where Politics Meets History
Global
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Iain and Tessa discuss whether men are more prone to start wars than women, Trump's planned blockade of the Strait of Hormuz - and the historical parallel to the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary and more!
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| 1:05.8 | I'm not saying that women aren't brave or can't be good warriors. |
| 1:09.1 | It's the predisposition of men to end up fighting. |
| 1:13.5 | I think that would have been the case more so in previous centuries, but I don't think you |
| 1:17.9 | can translate that into modern day. |
| 1:19.8 | This year, the average family in Britain will be £480 poorer. |
| 1:24.4 | And it's not that I think about you a lot, Ian, but I thought, well, that won't affect Ian. Did you really think that? I did think that, yes. You see, how sad is that? I mean, you're right? It won't, yeah. These local elections and the parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland are going to be the most significant elections we've had in this country for many, many years. We've come full circle, we've talked for nearly an hour, |
| 1:45.3 | and I stand by my thesis at the beginning of the podcast. |
| 1:47.7 | It's all the fault of old men. |
| 1:53.3 | Now, you've had a tiring weekend catering for your mother to be entertained, haven't you? |
| 1:59.8 | And I've had a bit of a day-to-day |
| 2:01.9 | battling with my general's audio book, which is not going well. So we're both in really good |
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