42. Working for Truss, Blackpool with Clinton, and Sewage

The Rest Is Politics

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News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 13 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Why is raw sewage being pumped into UK rivers? How easy is it to stand up to Liz Truss when she's your boss? And which former US president walked for 2 miles with Alastair in search of a McDonald's? Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Blackpool tickets - Saturday 8th October: wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/events/the-rest-is-politics-live/ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the RESTISPOLITICS for ad-free listening, early access to episodes, membership to our chat community.
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0:23.0	Welcome to another episode of the RESTISPOLITICS with me, Aleister Campbell.
0:27.0	And me, Rory Stewart.
0:28.0	And we've got a lot to get through. We've got sewage, we've got strikes. Rory and I also want to talk about Tigray, which is getting next to no coverage when it should be.
0:40.0	We've got some brilliant questions from you again this week that we'll get to in tomorrow's the RESTISPOLITICS question time.
0:46.0	And if you can't wait till tomorrow to hear that particular episode, you can get it right now by heading to theRESTISPOLITICS.com.
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1:03.0	Well, coming up in today's show, dying embers the Tory leadership race, horrible state of Britain's rivers.
1:09.0	But let's get started, how are you, Aleister?
1:11.0	Well, it's funny, but you talk about the rivers because Fiona and I have just been from an extraordinary swim in an Alpine lake.
1:19.0	Beyond Alpine Duets, I thought Alpine Duets, which is one of the famous Tour de France Climes, I thought that was it.
1:25.0	You get to the top and that's the end of the world, but no, you go on and these extraordinary lakes.
1:31.0	So I was swimming there and you know what, Rory, it was possible to swim without anybody telling you
1:37.0	you should keep your mouth closed at all times, which is what the advice is now if you swim in parts of the United Kingdom coast.
1:45.0	If I contempt you up to the lake district, I think you could probably swim in one of our lakes up there with that having to keep your mouth closed.
1:51.0	You will ride up on the top of on the edge of Mont Blanc, won't you?
1:55.0	Yeah, I mean, it's just absolutely beautiful and the water's so fresh, it was just so nice.
2:01.0	But I think we should probably start, shall we start with this whole sewage thing?
2:05.0	Because it does seem extraordinary.
2:07.0	Yeah, Britain 2022, this is happening.
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