73. Kwasi Kwarteng: Boris Johnson, the British Empire, and Rwanda (Part 1)

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 12 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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"If I were 22 now, I probably wouldn't vote Conservative" - Kwasi Kwarteng In the first of two episodes with the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rory and Alastair speak to Kwasi about the future of the Tory Party, New Labour's conservatism, Rishi Sunak, Rwanda, Brexit, Liz Truss, diversity in politics, the British Empire, and much, much more. If you'd like to hear the second episode RIGHT NOW, it's already available to members of The Rest Is Politics Plus - sign up at therestispolitics.com. If you're not a member, it will be released next Monday (20th May) on the public feed. Podcast Editor: Nathan Copelin Video Editor: Teo Ayodeji-Ansell Social Producer: Jess Kidson Assistant Producer: Fiona Douglas Producer: Nicole Maslen Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. TRIP ELECTION TOUR: To buy tickets for our October Election Tour, just head to www.therestispolitics.com Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.0	Hello and welcome to the rest is politics leading with me Rory Stewart and me Alice
0:54.2	Campbell and we're about a sit down for two episodes now with quasi courting who
0:59.0	was the Chancellor of the United Kingdom who presided over this mini budget and a pretty catastrophic moment in the British economy.
1:06.4	It's something that is tribute to Alistair, who managed, as he will explain, to seize him on the tube and get him on.
1:12.4	Quasi is somebody I have known for a very, very long time.
1:15.2	I first met him when he was 13.
1:18.0	We were at school together.
1:19.5	At Eton, as Alistair will be quick to point out.
1:22.0	And I remember him as a really charming, really intelligent 13 year old who was already, to put it mildly, larger than life.
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