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The Rest Is Politics

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

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

News, Politics, Government

4.511.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Has Keir Starmer lost Labour the moral high ground after his attack on Rishi Sunak? What is Vladimir Putin really like behind closed doors? Will peace and power-sharing return to Northern Ireland, 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement? Tune in to hear Alastair and Rory answer all this and more on today's episode of The Rest Is Politics. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of The Restless Politics with me, Alistair Campbell.

0:13.0

And with me, Rory Stewart.

0:14.8

And Rory lost to get through.

0:15.8

We're going to talk about Labour's, is it Advocate or Graphic Gate or something Gate?

0:20.4

It's definitely going to be a Gate by now.

0:23.2

We're going to talk about Russia and Ukraine.

0:25.8

We haven't really talked about our friend Vladimir for quite a while.

0:30.3

We should probably talk about what happened in Nicola Sturgeon's garden.

0:34.0

And I think we should also look forward to the Good Friday Agreement celebrations, which

0:38.7

you and I will both be attending, because we've been invited to do a Restless Politics

0:42.8

live as part of the official event.

0:45.6

We're looking forward to going to Belfast very, very much.

0:48.8

So maybe let's start with Labour.

0:52.7

They put out an ad, the Labour Party, an official ad, with a picture of Rishi Sunak smiling.

0:58.0

And next to it, the sign, Rishi Sunak doesn't think adults convicted of sexually assaulting

1:04.9

children should go to jail.

1:07.4

And underneath the statement that under the Tories, 4,500 people convicted of sexier assaulting

1:12.8

children had not been sent to jail.

1:14.8

And then they put out an ad following that saying, Rishi Sunak doesn't think adults possessing

1:19.4

guns, intending to harm, should be sent to jail.

1:22.5

And then Rishi Sunak doesn't think thieves should be punished.

1:26.6

So the general tenor of the whole thing is that Rishi Sunak is somebody who really believes

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