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The Rest Is Politics

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

The Rest Is Politics

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News, Politics, Government

4.511.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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What is the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda? What will happen next after the US Congress approves aid for Ukraine? Is Justin Trudeau’s future as Canadian Prime Minister in danger? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more on today's episode of The Rest Is Politics. Pre-order Alastair's new children's books: https://lnkfi.re/sJJcp0 TRIP ELECTION TOUR: To buy tickets for our October Election Tour, just head to www.therestispolitics.com TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, 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, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the Restis Politics. Welcome to the Restis Politics with me Alistair Campbell and me Rory Stewart.

0:24.6

So Rory we've finally got this Romanda bill through Parliament we'll talk about that

0:30.1

and I think the other thing to talk about probably is Richizunak's recent speech on welfare reform.

0:35.2

If I can put my view straight out there, I think both represented a certain form of

0:39.5

performative cruelty. You've just been in Vancouver in Canada a place that I know reasonably well and I

0:46.8

think we should maybe take a rare deep dive on Canadian polities because there's a lot

0:51.2

of very interesting stuff going on there.

0:53.8

And then maybe after the break, the pretty big events that happened over the weekend in the

0:58.9

U.S. Congress with this bill in support of particularly Ukraine but also Israel Taiwan and other places finally getting through

1:06.8

and now on its way to get signed by by the president?

1:09.7

Absolutely. So Rwanda how do you feel, Rory?

1:12.8

If you'd have been, let me ask you this,

1:14.4

if you had been still in Parliament

1:16.9

with this bill going through,

1:19.3

would you have felt comfortable in voting for it?

1:22.6

I think I probably would have felt pretty uncomfortable.

1:25.5

Just to step back a second.

1:27.6

If you're a conservative MP voting for this,

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