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The Rest Is Politics

Leaving office, a Labour Scotland, and what's the point of Davos?

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

Politics, Government, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What do Rory, Mark Zuckerberg and Saif Gaddafi all have in common? Will we see a Labour revival in Scotland? Why haven't the CPS followed up over lockdown parties in Downing Street? 


Rory and Alastair answer these questions and discuss the role social media played in Jacinda Ardern's resignation, the current situation in Haiti, and cultural recommendations for the week.


Leading:

Have you heard this week's episode of Leading, where Alastair interviews Marina Litvinenko, widow of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy poisoned by the Putin regime?


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Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen


Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport



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This week's episode The Restisted Politics is sponsored by The Week magazine. In each edition,

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the editors of The Week collate the best stories in the British and international media into

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One magazine, a concise magazine which you can read. Alistair, why do you like The Week?

0:28.4

You get a really good balance. So, yes, there are people probably in my world view. In there,

0:34.0

there'll be people of your world view and people of other world views. They did a very, very,

0:38.8

very good piece recently about Matt Hancock's ludicrous pandemic diaries because, as a diarist,

0:45.4

I find it very offensive when people come out and pretend that they've written diaries and they

0:49.9

did a very good expose showing how it is absolutely impossible that this was written at the time.

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I also think the other thing they do very, very well is the international stuff. They get little

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clips from international newspapers. Give you a real chance of keeping up not just of what's

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happening around the world, but the debate, the different perspectives of what's happening around

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the world. Well, luckily for TheRestistPolitics listeners, The Week magazine has a special offer

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just for you. All you need to do is visit TheWeek.co.uk forward slash rest. That's R-E-S-T. Enter the

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rest with the offer code rest. You'll also receive free digital access, no extra cost, so you can

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access it on the move. Welcome to another edition of TheRestistPolitics question time with

1:44.0

me, Alan Cicamble. And me, Rory Stewart. And really lots of questions about Jacinda Ardern,

1:49.3

who announced her departure last week. Let's just give this one. Chris Thorn, Jacinda

1:53.4

announced her resignation citing burnout. She no longer had enough left in the tank. If high

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