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

The Rest Is Politics

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News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Was Hillary Clinton arrogant in her comments about Emmanuel Macron? What's the best way to reform UK prisons? How much do you know about sporrans? Tune in to hear Rory and Alastair discuss all this and more on today's episode of The Rest Is Politics: Question Time. LEADING - George Osborne: pod.link/1665265193 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.0	So welcome to The Restless Politics question time with me, Rory Stewart.
0:29.0	Very good, and we're sitting here, standing on the Harrogate Theatre, looking at Edward Fox and family in Saints and Sinits.
0:36.0	I'm looking at a Lane Page.
0:38.0	A Lane Page, one of the world's best-loved entertainers.
0:41.0	Well, fines.
0:43.0	And Chris Bollington, they're obviously quite big on mountain. Dara O'Brien, sold out.
0:47.0	We're doing a mountaineering thing, right tonight.
0:50.0	You were talking about walking up mountains.
0:53.0	I just want to get confused in these places. I always sort of think maybe if I'm here, I am, you know, whoever else has performed here.
1:01.0	Max Miller.
1:02.0	Exactly, Max Miller.
1:03.0	Yeah, okay.
1:04.0	Right, as we focus on your fantasies, Dean Beaton, what is the Privy Council?
1:09.0	On the back of Rory's Privy Council outfit for the coronation, which I see Graham Norton was channeling in the Eurovision Song Contest, can you explain what exactly the Privy Council is?
1:19.0	Is it a lifetime membership? Who joins? Does it have a purpose? Do you get paid extra?
1:23.0	Very good. Okay, so Privy Council is lifetime membership.
1:27.0	Generally, you become a Privy Council when you enter the cabinet, but you can get it in the shadow cabinet.
1:33.0	And actually, Prime Minister has increasingly given out judges as rewards. People are judges getting it.
1:38.0	It was originally a sort of super cabinet for the king. So it was the private council of the king.
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