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The Rest Is Politics

78. Question Time: Nigel Farage, proportional representation, and mandatory ID cards

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

News, Politics, Government

4.5 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Who would Rory elect as the next Prime Minister? If Rishi Sunak had not kept Jeremy Hunt on, what would the budget look like? And how come both Rory and Alastair have lost followers on twitter? Listen to this week's Question Time to hear Rory and Alastair answer these questions and many more.  Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of The Restless Politics Question Time with me, Anastakambal,

0:12.8

and with me, Rory Sylett.

0:14.4

Now Rory, I know some people think I bang on about your old school too much, but I think

0:20.2

given that it was the second most raised subject amongst listeners this week, and

0:26.8

no third, actually, World Cup and Brexit were one and two, and third was Eaton.

0:33.0

Let me just give you a flavour of some of them, Lorna, this is for you, Rory.

0:36.5

As a former Etonian, what are your thoughts on the behaviour of those people who verbally

0:40.0

abuse visiting students?

0:41.8

Is that type of behaviour commonplace?

0:44.2

John Sheeran, given the behaviour of Eaton students this week and that my Vox Pop within

0:48.9

an admittedly small demographic of a village pub were not in the least surprised by it.

0:53.6

I was wondering if that behaviour gels with Rory's experience of the institution.

0:57.8

Simon Walker and Rory as a fellow boarding school survivor, do you think the British boarding

1:01.8

system has overall done more harm or good when it's contribution to our nation's stories

1:07.3

considered?

1:08.3

And there were lots of questions about whether Eaton should have invited Nigel Farage.

1:11.7

I don't have a problem with that at all.

1:13.8

Nigel Farage is a significant political figure, whether we like that or not, and I think

1:17.6

it's right that students should hear from him.

1:20.6

But Rory, they booed and abused state students who were invited to the event.

1:27.1

Yeah, it was very, I mean, it seems to be very sad.

1:31.4

Everything I've read about it is very disappointing.

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