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The Rest Is Politics

37. Question Time: Scottish Unionism, growth, and cannibalism

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

Politics, Government, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Join Alastair and Rory for the latest episode of TRIP: Question Time, where they answer your questions on Bhutan's Gross Domestic Happiness, Scottish Unionism, political biographies, cannibalism, and more. Show notes: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin De Gaulle - Aidan Crawley The Years of Lyndon Johnson - Robert Caro The Power Broker - Robert Caro Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: [email protected] Editor: James Hodgson Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, hello, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Restless Politics Question Time

0:12.0

with me, Anastakamble. And me, Rory Stewart. And, Rory, I know that we don't do self-congratulation

0:19.4

because we're so modest, but Stephen Clarke. We do an enormous amount of self-congratulation.

0:23.8

You're not going to do it again. Well, I'm just simply pointing out the question by Stephen Clarke.

0:29.2

Why did so few pundits spot PM Trust coming? And I just would like to remind you that when

0:36.4

we did our live show at Leicester Square, I think I said it'll be Liz Truss.

0:40.6

Yep, it's extraordinary. It's one of your great predictions, Snep. I think great is not

0:47.4

a word of a question. We're going to follow you on the betting

0:50.2

odds with your son. Well, he certainly does a lot of that.

0:53.9

Vicki Charles. Here's one for you, Rory. Vicki Charles. Isn't Nadine Dorees as stupid as she seems?

0:58.4

Taking on the Nadine Doris. Look, I don't like Nadine Doris' style of politics at all.

1:04.1

I've been horrified by her cultural wars. I think she is picking up a really unpleasant pop with

1:09.8

this tone. I'm completely bewildered by her adoration of Boris Johnson, who I think is a terrible

1:15.4

prime minister. But I think, again, this is kind of boring thing I keep coming back to.

1:19.6

It's important not to underestimate these people. I don't think that

1:23.3

Nadine Doris is stupid. In fact, it's quite a remarkable story. She came from a working class

1:29.4

background, grew up in a council state. She's a non-graduate, she became a nurse, and she fought

1:35.9

away into the British cabinet. And you can't do that unless you've got a certain amount of

1:41.7

toughness resilience. What are you going to do, unless you've got Boris Johnson as prime minister?

1:45.5

You definitely can't do it without Boris Johnson. I think it's quite stupid to go to address a

1:51.8

room full of people who represent the sport of rugby league and say that Johnny Wilkinson's drop

1:57.4

gold in rugby union was her favourite rugby league memory. And I think it's quite stupid to

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