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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social Q and A - Michael Gove and I cross swords on Brexit, Israel Gaza, Jason Arday and Enoch Powell. Plus Man City scandal and a bit of praise for Jacob Rees-Mogg for showing up Tucker Carlson for the lightweight charlatan he is. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Alastair and Michael Gove Disagree Agreeably on Brexit and Israel

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 7 October · 53min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

With @rory-stewart.bsky.social otherwise engaged Michael Gove joins me on @therestpolitics.bsky.social - we discuss both main party conferences, French school violence, elections Spain Brazil and Bosnia. And how Burnham hated shadowing MG at education!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Is Badenoch Finally Stopping Farage and Why Are French Schools on Fire?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 6 October · 55min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QndA - who is winning the Trump Xi power battle? Tensions in N Ireland. And Ethiopia. Elections in Brazil Klopp and the flag. Bayeux Tapestry podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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How Xi is Outplaying Trump and Tensions in Northern Ireland

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 September · 52min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Printed book arrived today. Number 22. But always nice to get your hands on the final thing. Coincided with doing the Children’s Book Project podcast. Great campaign and great cause.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social- if the old world order is collapsing what can replace it, and are Carney and Burnham part of the answer? Plus Charles v Charles, and Keynes v Hayek in new play podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Burnham and Carney vs. Trump, and the Diana Dispute

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 22 September · 48min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Gordon Brown. As UNGA gathers we discuss how to rid a fractured world, look back on the crash and I try to retrieve my stolen tie!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Gordon Brown: How to Fix a Fracturing World

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 20 September · 54min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social QandA - Iceland vote blow to EU enlargement; why we need to wake up to Russia threat; why MAGA lies about Broken Britain; looking ahead to party conferences podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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MAGA's Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland's 'Brexit' Moment

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 2 September · 52min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Latest @restispoliticsus.bsky.social newsletter on football and politics and also the Mark Carney playbook. Love the comparison with Muhammad Ali floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee mailchi.mp/therestispol...

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Politics, Football & Carney's Playbook

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QandA - Carney outplaying Trump. Big Qs ahead of Palestinian elections. Advice for Burnham re PMQs. And a great idea for next Nobel and FIFA PEACE PRIZE. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Carney vs. Trump and Alastair’s Advice for Burnham’s First PMQs (Question Time)

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 26 August · 56min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Scoop time. Just did hour long sit down interview with UEFA President Alexsandr Ceferin. Out on @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING on Monday. The Infantino World Cup well off scandal even worse when you hear the full story. Must watch/listen for anyone who cares about football/sport politics

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING with two remarkable men. Maoz Inon is Israeli. Aziz Abu Sarah is Palestinian. Maoz lost his parents in the October 7 massacre. Aziz lost his brother to Israeli torture. Now they campaign together for peace -please listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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Is Peace in the Middle East Closer Than We Think? (A Palestinian & An Israeli's View)

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 16 August · 1hr 15min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bonus episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social Rory and I talk to @carolinelucas.bsky.social about her brilliant mini series on the climate crisis. Rory and Caroline disagree (mainly agreeably) from time to time but with the help of the King I bring them together! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Will Climate Action Go Backwards Under Burnham?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 13 August · 53min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Fab backdrop. Amazing what five million backhanders can deliver

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A - the U.K. right tearing itself apart; US left not sure what party to be; Burnham prisons challenge; worries over the shallow waters of the Rhine; and how Albo got into a diplomatic spat over some Japanese lemons? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The Right’s War With Itself and Burnham’s Prisons Challenge

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 12 August · 1hr 2min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social - competing visions of Us on 250th birthday. Trump disastrous World Cup intervention. Plus how new Telegraph owner from Germany is trying to shift German politics to the right and his papers push for tearing down the AfD firewall podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Trump's Red Card Saga and Germany's Far-Right Machine

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 8 July · 57min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - will Farage stunt backfire? (Looks like it so far) How much was media to blame for Starmer to do better and what does Burnham need to do to do better? Faith in politics and the little matter of who I will be supporting in ENG-NOR podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Will Farage’s Trumpian Resignation Stunt Backfire?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 7 July · 43min

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/06/2026

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is using his official social media account to promote his wife's book, in clear violation of the law.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QandA - how Trump is weaponising AI, can UK fix our defences, what the hell was that UFC event at the White House, Peru elections and am I regretting my World Cup boycott? (Spoiler alert - yes !) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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How Trump Is Weaponising AI and Martial Arts at the White House

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 17 June · 44min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social - Brexit ten years on from the referendum, Russian arson plot v Starmer, legal battle v AfD; plus we assess the Iran deal podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The Disaster Britain Still Can't Escape and Trump’s Iran ‘Deal’

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 16 June · 49min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In case you missed our live @therestpolitics.bsky.social on John Healey resignation yesterday here it is. Since then Al Carns resignation letter if anything even more brutal. Tough times for Keir Starmer podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 11 June · 36min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Well that’s a smart welcome move from UEFA. The Somali ref banned from US (no prizes for guessing why) will ref SuperCup Villa v PSG. European values so much better. We discuss Trumpification of World Cup in latest @restispoliticsus.bsky.social QandA plus mid terms, Armenia elections and more

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Good job Mishal there to keep us apart! Jake still trotting out the same Brexit BS ten years on from the act of self harm

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A “disagree agreeably” day. 1. Latest @therestpolitics.bsky.social out now - we continue to disagree on net zero; agree on the appalling exploitation of tragedy to FarageLoweMuskVanceYaxleyLennon. 2. (Pic) Good debate with Mick Mulvaney Trump ex CoS. 3. Later Jacob ReesMogg and I discuss Brexit!

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

If the media actually explained Reform’s policies, would anyone support them? thedailybritain.co.uk/peter-stefan...

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Greetings from Helsinki. They do love their tall trees and their statues. That pigeon stood on this guy’s head for ages!! Tree of the Day team effort. Also nice to see President Stubb who is one of the brightest political brains around, and meet his wife, fellow Brit Suzanne

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is the book I mention on @therestpolitics.bsky.social today. Mainly about US and Netherlands as author is Dutch but one or two British politicians clearly well aligned with key passages as they exploit family grief and police error to fan rage hate and violence

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - The Pope’s encyclical on AI - absolutely superb! And TB essay on Labour - a few more doubts about that one !! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The Pope’s AI Warning and Alastair Reacts to Blair’s Attack

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 2 June · 1hr

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QandA - US v Cuba, Ben Gvir vileness, Rory v Ed Miliband policies, and we reveal the most evil person whose hands we have shook (or shaken?) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 27 May · 45min

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Farage claims his phone was hacked by Russia and that this highlights the “threat they pose to British security”. Which is odd because 7yrs ago he had the chance to strengthen laws against Russian interference but he voted against it, saying the claims were “baseless” The man is never, ever right.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This is a shocking indictment of the abject failure of UK news shows to get the actual facts about net migration across to the public and call out the bull**** by the likes of Nigel Farage youtu.be/WuSKdLtKHCs?...

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NET MIGRATION HAS FALLEN BY 82% SINCE ITS PEAK YET NEARLY HALF OF BRITONS BELIEVE ITS INCREASED!

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Reform's candidate Robert Kenyon said abortion was a "cowardly act of murder" and implied that people falsely claimed to have been raped He said: “Don’t dole out the ‘what if someone is raped by their brother’ arguement... don’t want babies? Use contreception! [sic]” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Robert Kenyon, who is standing against Andy Burnham, suggested on social media that women falsely claim rape to terminate pregnancies and has links to far-right figures

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Le Pen and Farage are old friends. They were both MEPs together. They took money from the EU, but did no work for it in return. Le Pen has since been convicted for embezzlement. It's time Farage's finances were put under the microscope too. #FarageOut

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social in which we answer your questions on Trump-Xi summit, Ebola and why Musk could and should fund the feeding of the world’s hungry, the far right (Musk also mentioned) and a great idea to build stronger communities podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The Ebola Outbreak and the British Far-Right’s Next Move

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 20 May · 38min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A couple of pictures you might find interesting. 1. Once a newspaper, now owned by son of former KGB guy. No room for Farage and his dodgy multi million donations. But taking the Thai crypto guy’s money 2. A propos of nothing obvs am enjoying the annual report of the Estonian equivalent of MI5

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q and A - anti semitism, polarisation, how Russia is losing power in Mali, and how the King comprehensively outplayed Trump podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Antisemitism, Polarisation, and How the King Outplayed Trump

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 6 May · 48min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Happy to share La Stampa page1 with Rolling Stones and latest round Pope v Trump. My Italian can just about manage the headlines but can fluent Italian people tell me main points covered (and did they keep in my public bid for PM Meloni to come on @restispolitics.bsky.social ?)

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - we analyse the row between USA and Germany, look ahead to the elections in Britain tomorrow and look into Farage’s dodgy five million donation podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Trump vs. Germany and Farage’s £5m ‘Gift’

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 5 May · 56min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I’m sure they pointed out the numbers are falling

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The populist right don't give a crap about solving real societal problems. Just running a cretinous pantomime for people who mistake “owning the libs” for improving their own lives — while the men at the top quietly fill their pockets and walk away richer than ever.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

12 years to the day since my mum died. 32 years to the day since Grace was born. 8 days to the day since Skye (best dog in the world) was born. April 30 a big day. Mum would have been 100 earlier this month. Miss her loads

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QandA. Are the tech giants a threat to democracy? Why mental health can unite left and right. US media bias against Palestine. And do we talk enough about death and grief? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 29 April · 49min

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić - gets spiky at times (we were opposite number during the Kosovo war) but fascinating on so many geopolitical issues with a very different view to ours. Wherever you get podcasts - Recommend YouTube for full effect!

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QandA wherever you get your podcasts - Pope v Trump; far right v gender equality. Also check out our newsletter which includes interviews with Carey Mulligan @warchilduk.bsky.social and Christina Lamb on the forgotten war in Sudan mailchi.mp/therestispol...

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The War the World Forgot: Why Aren't We Talking About Sudan?

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

In the can. Fascinating session with Pres Vucic of Serbia. We were opposite numbers during Kosovo war so plenty of agreeable (ish) disagreement on that. He was very generous with his time and trenchant views across plenty of issues. Strongly recommend when it comes out on Monday

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