Missing refugees, the best type of MPs, and are universities left wing?
The Rest Is Politics
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🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Are academics generally left-leaning? Should the theatrical nature of PMQs be reformed? What makes an MP 'talented'? Listen to hear these questions answered, plus positive stories about politicians, cultural recommendations, what makes an MP 'talented', and the relevance of vocational education.
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for listening to The Rest Is Politics. Sign up to The Rest Is Politics plus to enjoy |
| 0:03.8 | ad-free listening and receive a weekly newsletter. Join our members' chat room again |
| 0:07.2 | early access to live show tickets. Just go to TheRestisPolitics.com. That's TheRestisPolitics.com. |
| 0:17.3 | This episode of The Rest Is Politics is sponsored by The Knowledge of |
| 0:19.9 | Free Daily Newsletter from John Connell, founder of The Week. Now I have to say I'm a big fan |
| 0:24.1 | of The Knowledge. It takes just five minutes to read or show around lunchtime your email |
| 0:27.6 | inbox during the week a bit earlier at weekends. It's fun, it's informative, and you feel kind |
| 0:33.0 | of top-top and stimulated after reading it in a way that isn't overwhelming. There was a wonderful |
| 0:37.7 | piece in there the other day about the military hunter in Myanmar at a great quote from Simon |
| 0:42.1 | Tisland the observer who said, as a general rule, the more medals that it takes away as the more |
| 0:47.7 | absurd and dangerous they are. And it was one of the reasons that we discussed it on our podcast |
| 0:53.2 | last week. Anyway, The Knowledge brings together the things that matter along with a few things |
| 0:56.6 | that don't from all the best news sources. And there's a fantastic quote at the end of every |
| 1:00.6 | issue that's worth signing up for alone. You can sign up to The Free Five Minute Daily Newsletter |
| 1:05.7 | at www.theknowledge.com forward slash politics. The Knowledge News Made Manageable. |
| 1:21.6 | Welcome to TheRestisPolitics' question time with me, Rory Stewart. |
| 1:25.4 | And me, Anastakambal. Very good. Where do you want to start? |
| 1:28.9 | Well, okay, I think this is a good one to start with Kevin Montgomery, because this is something |
| 1:33.4 | I think you've been tweeting about. Babis, the ex-primoster of the Czech Republic, has played a |
| 1:38.1 | nasty and populist campaign. But it looks as though he's been beaten by Pavel and ex-Natio General, |
| 1:43.7 | is this a good result for Europe, Alastair? I think it is. We talked about this a few weeks ago. |
| 1:48.4 | He's won and he's won convincingly, and I think it is, um, Babis is the arch populist. |
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