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Welcome to another episode of the RESTISPOLITICS with me, Alistair Kamel.

And with me, Rory Stewart and we're sitting in a very strange bar stool on a round table looking at each other in Harrogate.

Through two very large microphones.

Through two very large microphones.

You're fortunately tall enough for me to be able to see you over the top. You can't see me.

You can't see you very well now. And we're going to later today doing a live show in Harrogate.

Very exciting. This, of course, is a place which was the home of the Gilbertan Sullivan seasons here.

You're not doing Mass-Minor again, are you? No, I'm doing it.

It's probably not. Pirates of Penthouse. No, you can do Mass-Minor.

We have actually had a request for tonight for me to play Happy Birthday on the Backpipes.

That's very good.

I might do that.

Now, there's a lot to get through.

We had a, I think, quite a significant speech by Kia Starmer at the weekend.

We've had these frankly bizarre conferences by groups, factions associated with the Conservative Party.

We'll talk about the Turkish elections. I actually found the elections in Thailand more interesting.

I've seen that it's the no coverage in the UK media of it. We should talk about that as well.

Very good.

But let's start with Kia Starmer.

I don't know if you've had time to read his speech, but he actually talked about how he felt the Conservative Party is no longer Conservative.

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