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The Rest Is Politics

475. The Budget Backlash – and Trump’s Plan to Profit from Peace in Ukraine

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

News, Politics, Government

4.511.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Is the media too negative about Reeves and Starmer, or are they simply out of ideas? What has the relentless Budget turmoil and fallout done to already low levels of trust in the Government? How much of Trump’s approach to Putin and Ukraine is driven by his business interests? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more. __________ Gift The Rest Is Politics Plus this Christmas – give someone a whole year of Rory and Alastair’s miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, an exclusive members’ newsletter, discounted book prices, and a private chatroom on Discord. Just go to therestispolitics.supportingcast.fm/gifts. And of course, you can still join for yourself any time 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. __________ For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to goalhanger.com Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor: 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

Thank you so much for listening to The Restis Politics. Here's the thought for Christmas.

0:04.6

You can gift somebody membership to The Rest is Politics plus have free listening, bonus episodes,

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early access to Q&A, book discounts. So spread a little political peace and goodwill.

0:15.9

Head to the rest is politics.com and click Gifts. The big question for Labor is, is this a government about

0:22.6

inequality or is it a government about grace? Now, they'll try to say they want to do both. I get that.

0:26.4

But in the end, there needs to be a relentless idea driven through government of what the priority

0:31.0

is here. What one needs from this chance. I don't care what it is. Could be right wing,

0:36.0

could be left wing. Here's an analysis. This is what's fundamentally wrong with the country. This is what's holding it back. And this is what we're going to do to fix it. What's the problem you're fixing? I don't care. What's the problem you're fixing? And what are you doing about it? And that's why I think she's no good. This episode is powered by fuse energy.

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