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The Rest Is Politics

Former Conservative minister Rory Stewart and Tony Blair’s former spokesman Alastair Campbell on UK and world politics.Trend provides a summary of each episode and highlights the key points and data, with additional context.

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1 Sept 2026
567. Who Really Benefits from AI and Will Data Centres Decide the Midterms?
The hosts explore why AI has become one of the hardest issues for politicians to grapple with, weighing claimed benefits like medical breakthroughs against visible costs such as…
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26 Aug 2026
566. Carney vs. Trump and Alastair’s Advice for Burnham’s First PMQs
The hosts open on the deteriorating US-Canada relationship, arguing Trump's demands go beyond trade into control of Canadian sovereignty, and read Canada's decision to walk away…
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437
76%
UK government pledge on homebuilding this parliament
Canadian exports going to the US
25 Aug 2026
565. Zelenskyy’s Corruption Problem and Is History Repeating Itself in Germany?
This episode of The Rest Is Politics opens with Andy Burnham's first foreign trip as prime minister, to Kyiv on Ukraine's Independence Day, and uses it to explore the state of t…
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19 Aug 2026
564. Burnham’s Media Machine and West Bank Settler Impunity
This episode of The Rest Is Politics opens with an analysis of Andy Burnham's communications strategy as First Minister/Prime Minister, contrasting his heavy use of TikTok, Face…
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gone above 50%
Share getting primary news from social media/podcasts vs traditional media
18 Aug 2026
563. Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy
This episode opens with an extended look at Afghanistan five years after the Western withdrawal, featuring guest Shoshana Clark, who has worked in the country since 2006.
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2.4 million
14 million
Girls locked out of secondary school in Afghanistan
Afghans facing malnutrition and hunger
12 Aug 2026
562. The Right’s War With Itself and Burnham’s Prisons Challenge
This episode of The Rest Is Politics Question Time opens with a long look at the fractured state of the British right, weighing Reform UK, the Conservatives and Rupert Lowe's Re…
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86,098
around 22%
Increase in UK prison population over thirty years
Reform UK polling share
28 Jul 2026
557. Can Burnham Deliver Britain's Biggest Change in Generations?
This episode of The Rest is Politics looks at the early days of Andy Burnham's premiership, with the hosts weighing his communication style against the substance of his policy a…
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1m
22 reviews
NEET (young people not in education, employment or training)
Number of social care reviews