469. Is Starmer Out of Moves? Asylum Gamble, Tax Chaos, and Open Infighting

The Rest Is Politics

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News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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After a week of turmoil, can Labour recover their support or are they already doomed to lose the next election? Are Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms the answer to the threat of Reform, or is Labour pandering to its political opponents? With arguments breaking out amongst his MAGA fanbase, are we witnessing the splintering of Trump's electoral coalition? 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: Emma Jackson Video Editor: Josh Smith, Vasco Andrade 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	Thank you so much for listening to The Restis Politics. Here's the thought for Christmas.
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0:19.7	My guess is they're going to lose the next election anyway.
0:22.8	Oh.
0:23.3	They've got to do something radical.
0:25.2	It was a particularly grim week.
0:27.5	To get it out of my sister would regularly be sort of banging my head against the wall.
0:31.5	I would say that Labor is at risk of defaulting to its comfort zone, squeezing business, entrepreneurs, wealth creators.
0:40.4	We asked the business audience recently, if I asked you to explain Labor's strategy for growth,
0:45.2	what would you say? And they laughed. That's a terrible place to be here.
0:50.7	This episode is powered by Fuse Energy.
0:53.4	And there's a slight tendency to governments to talk about the future of energy as though
0:56.7	it's some distant concept awaiting its next committee report.
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1:17.2	to build a cleaner, more resilient national grid, proving that renewable energy can be both
1:22.0	affordable and scalable. Every home that they power brings that future close to the present, whether it's panels catching light or turbines turning across the country.
1:32.2	And this is progress, which isn't measured just in targets and slogans, but in sunlight, in wind, in electricity, and a bit of British persistence.
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