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The Rest Is Politics

467. The Mamdani Method Explained: Could It Shock Britain?

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

Politics, Government, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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How did a thirty four-year old democratic socialist win over New York, and can he actually follow through on his promise to transform the city? What do Zohran Mamdani, Zack Polanski, and Nigel Farage all get right? Why did Donald Trump meet the President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and could his bulldozer approach to geopolitics actually be helping Syria? 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 ✅ To save your company time and money, open a Revolut Business account today via get.revolut.com/z4lF/therestispolitics, and add money to your account by 31st of December 2025 to get a £200 welcome bonus or equivalent in your local currency. __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor: Josh Smith Producer: Evan Green, India Dunkley Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Senior Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Just go to therestispolities.com. That's the restispolities. Never underestimate charisma.

0:15.7

The future is in our hands. New Yorkers expect the mayor to be the seer of the city delivering.

0:22.6

You know, we campaign in poetry and we govern in prose. Mamm Dani has campaigned in poetry.

0:28.0

Our time is now. Thank you very much. The prose is going to be tough because the promises he's made,

0:33.9

they're going to be very difficult to bring about because of the power structures.

0:38.5

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0:41.0

And there's a slight tendency to governments to talk about the future of energy as though

0:44.2

it's some distant concept to waiting its next committee report. But in reality, of course,

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across the country. And this is progress, which isn't measured just in targets and slogans,

1:22.7

but in sunlight, in wind, in electricity, and a bit of British persistence. And progress is not always

1:29.6

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