464. Labour’s Tax Timebomb, Climate Backsliding, and Sudan’s Forgotten War

The Rest Is Politics

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

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Is this the Budget that breaks Labour, or can Reeves walk the tightrope? Why does the general public increasingly think we’re overreacting to climate breakdown? Why aren’t Elon Musk’s provocations of a civil war in Britain being challenged more by mainstream politicians? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more. __________ Get more from The Rest Is Politics with TRIP+. Enjoy bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access, live show ticket priority, our members’ newsletter, and private Discord community – plus exclusive mini-series like The Rise and Fall of Rupert Murdoch. Start your 7-day free trial today at therestispolitics.com The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Fuse are giving away free TRIP Plus membership for all of 2025 to new sign ups 🎉 TRIP Plus gets you ad-free listening, discounts, and early access to episodes and pre-sale tickets for live shows! To sign up and for terms and conditions, visit ⁠fuseenergy.com/politics⁠ ⚡ Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ nordvpn.com/restispolitics It's risk-free with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee ✅ For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to goalhanger.com Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: [email protected] __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Producer: Josh Smith Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Producer: Evan Green, India Dunkley Senior Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to The Restis Politics. Sign up to the Restis Politics Plus. To enjoy ad-free listening, receive a weekly newsletter, join our members chat room and gain early access to live show tickets. Just go to therestispolities.com. That's the rest is politics.com. What she's done is she's signalled before the budget that she's thinking of putting up taxes. They are preparing to break a manifesto commitment. So they really are going to have to win a big argument about why they had to do it. They're screwed at the moment anyway. Kyrsama's net popularity ratings almost couldn't be worse. If Labour were to slide away from being a global leader on climate change, I think that politically would be a mistake. The politicisation and the weaponisation of it by the right, Farage, Trump, etc. It's got some
0:39.0	traction within the political debate. Look what happened in Jamaica last week. Yeah. Uninsurable.
0:43.5	They're talking about somewhere between £8 and £20 billion worth of damage. Absolutely.
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