Sign in

Rest is Politics

@restispolitics.bsky.social
1.8K followers 56 following 2 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Do join me and @rory-stewart.bsky.social for a @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVE on the Iran crisis at 930 www.youtube.com/live/dhrw4K6...
youtube.com
Trump Bombs Iran | What Happens Now?
Why has the US entered Israel's war with Iran? Is this just the beginning of the conflict? What does this all mean for the world? Join Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell for an emergency livestream a...
1814723
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - what next Israel v Iran; why Trump left the G7; how he and Netanyahu are deliberately undermining international law and institutions; and the U.K. grooming gangs inquiry alastaircampbell.org/2025/06/415-...
alastaircampbell.org
415. Iran, Israel and Trump: War in the Middle East
Are we heading for all-out war between the US, Netanyahu and the Iranian regime? Is the West betraying international law in its support of Israel’s pre-emptive strikes on Iran? Why did Starmer u-turn ...
610515
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with former US Speaker Kevin McCarthy - A long political career, a famous ousting as Speaker, an up and down relationship with Trump, but still defending him and trying to persuade us he can be good for the world. Have a listen to a Trump defender 1/2
26656
Rest is Politics @restispolitics.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social have you listened to Ed Milliband being interviewed with @restispolitics.bsky.social ? If he was that human in ‘real’ life he’d make a good leader?
010
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Part 2 of our @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING with Ed Miliband - life after losing and why he thinks the net zero battle can and must be won alastaircampbell.org/2025/05/136-...
alastaircampbell.org
136. Ed Miliband: Farage, Starmer and The Fight for Net Zero (Part 2)
How did Ed Miliband recover from Labour’s 2015 defeat and decide to remain in politics? Can the Energy Secretary win the argument for Net Zero against the likes of Tony Blair and Nigel Farage? Is it p...
79417
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
First part of a two-part @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Ed Miliband. Part 1 from childhood to Labour leadership. Part 2 out Friday or if you want early access join TRIP+ alastaircampbell.org/2025/05/135-...
alastaircampbell.org
135. Ed Miliband: Blair, Brown, and Battling his Brother (Part 1)
How did Ed Miliband’s childhood being raised by survivors of the Holocaust shape his politics? How did his role mediating between Blair and Brown earn Ed the moniker ‘Emissary from planet F***’? What ...
710011
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - UK defence review, Polish election, Ukraine very special forces, and deep dive on China’s economic and soft power rise via the Belt and Road initiative alastaircampbell.org/2025/06/410-...
alastaircampbell.org
410. China, Russia, and Cyberwarfare: Is the UK preparing for the wrong war?
Is Labour exaggerating the threat from Russia and missing the real risks? Does the world beyond the West now prefer China over the US? What does Poland’s new pro-Trump president mean for Ukraine and E...
6886
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q & A -Gaza humanitarian chaos; why @rory-stewart.bsky.social can’t bear Dominic Cummings; Trump tariffs latest; more on young women feeling ignored by politics; Dutch govt collapse; should politicians know about popular culture ? alastaircampbell.org/2025/06/411-...
alastaircampbell.org
411. Question Time: Gaza’s Aid Blocked, Trump’s Power Tested & Dominic Cummings’ Big Mistake
What was the most significant event of geopolitics in the last 30 years? Are Dominic Cummings’ comments about the “broken” Westminster model valid? And, should politicians be clued up on popular cultu...
67314
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The U-turn Starmer Can’t Avoid Join Alastair and Rory for this week's Question Time as they discuss: 🟥Is Labour still a centre-left party? 📈Why child poverty is rising in the UK 🌳Should the Sycamore Gap duo be sent to prison? and much more... Link to full episode in replies👇
8215
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
If you listen to one thing today please make it the new @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Arab Barghouti, whose father Marwan is currently in an Israeli jail but who is seen by many - including moderate Israelis - as a key to peace. Vital voice. Wherever you get your podcasts
1114132
Reposted by Rest is Politics
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk · 08/05/2025
MPs are now making their way to Westminster Abbey for a service to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day). #VE80 #VEDay80 Watch the procession live ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/aVfQt_L...
youtube.com
🔴 LIVE | Watch Members of the Houses of Parliament process to Westminster Abbey for #VE80
YouTube video by UK Parliament
012
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A - India-Pakistan military action post terror in Kashmir; TB and net zero; MAGA and the AfD; who will be next Pope?; towns v cities; music choices and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/05/402-...
alastaircampbell.org
402. Question Time: India vs. Pakistan | What Happens Now?
Should Labour boot Tony Blair over his attack on the government’s climate policy? Why is the U.S. defending Germany’s AfD? Are Britain’s towns and cities more politically split than ever? Join Rory an...
36910
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Trump's Corruption Machine, Israeli Settlers, and the Rise of Reform UK Join Alastair and Rory as they discuss: 🤑How corrupt is Trump? 🇵🇸Why is Israel planning on 'conquering' Gaza? 🟦How did Reform dominate the UK local elections? and much more... Link to full episode in replies👇
6366
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Dr Atul Gawande. Fascinating on future of healthcare but chilling on the cuts to USAID (where he worked) alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/131-...
alastaircampbell.org
131. The Global Health Crisis: USAID cuts, Trump, and the limits of AI (Atul Gawande)
How many people are going to die as a result of American support for USAID programs being removed? What are the limits of thinking of AI as the silver bullet for healthcare? How do we bring the doubli...
69819
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - USA China trade war - who holds the cards now? UK steel nationalisation. And tensions remain in Germany as the coalition deal is done alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/395-...
alastaircampbell.org
395. Trump, Xi, and how China outsmarted America
Does Trump want to turn America into China? How come politicians – including those on the right – want to nationalise steel in the UK? Are we witnessing a seismic change in German politics? The Rest I...
911717
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
No change at the top in our @moreincommonuk.bsky.social VI: another virtual 3-way tie. Lib Dems drop a little back from last week’s high. ➡️ REF UK 24% (nc) 🌹 LAB 24% (nc) 🌳 CON 23% (nc) 🔶 LIB DEM 14% (-3) 🌍 GREEN 8% (+1) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1) N = 2,277 | Dates: 11 - 14/4 | Change w 7/4
7112
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A more on Israel Red Crescent killings and the barring of Labour MPs; B’ham bins; Japan demographic crisis; S Korea impeachment; Oz election latest and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/393-...
alastaircampbell.org
393. Question Time: America’s last ally, Japan in crisis, and Netanyahu on the brink?
Why were two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel? What led to the impeachment of South Korea’s president? Is there a decline in blue-collar MPs? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all of these questi...
88713
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Trump's Rampage: The Fight Against Global Crisis In today's episode, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory discuss: 🤯What’s really behind Trump’s tariff madness? 💪Are we watching the US slide into authoritarianism in real time? 🙏How should Europe and the world fight back?
134715
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/04/2025
Areas receiving levelling-up funds show smaller Reform UK vote share, study finds
theguardian.com
Areas receiving levelling-up funds show smaller Reform UK vote share, study finds
Analysis suggests prioritising projects that give quick local results may hold back support for populism Areas that received money from the last government’s much-criticised levelling up fund tended to have lower votes for Reform UK in the general election, a study has found, indicating that projects delivering quick results may hold back support for populism. The study by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) thinktank, billed as the first to examine a mass of data factors linked to support for Reform at the level of individual seats, identified a series of factors likely to make voters more likely to back Nigel Farage’s party. Continue reading...
1821536
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
​​Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a £25 million PPE Covid contract. The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions.
bylinetimes.com
​​Matt Hancock Used His Personal Email Account to Help ‘VIP’ Supplier Win £25 Million COVID PPE Contract
Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers £22 million
85826
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - lifting the lid on the whips’ office with ex chief whip Simon Hart plus his take on Tories past and present and what it is like losing power alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/128-...
alastaircampbell.org
128. Whips, Chaos, and secrets from Westminster (Simon Hart)
Why do the wrong people become MPs? How can we transform Westminster into a modern day workplace? How did Simon Hart’s time at The Countryside Alliance inform his politics?  Rory and Alastair are join...
513921
Reposted by Rest is Politics
professorpip.bsky.social @professorpip.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@restispoliticsus.bsky.social worth a look at this physiological profile of Trump youtu.be/xp19MR89JzM?... @restispolitics.bsky.social
youtu.be
A Psychiatrist Examines The Mind Of Donald Trump And Why He's Sabotaging The Global Economy
YouTube video by Dr Russell Razzaque
003
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A- young people more optimistic than we thought; deep dive India foreign policy; Bibi and Qatargate; Myanmar and more alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/390-...
alastaircampbell.org
390. Question Time: India’s moment, Qatargate, and do young brits want a dictator?
How should Starmer respond to the 27% of young people who would prefer to live in a dictatorship? Could India become a third power, rivalling the US and China? And, why do politicians never explain wh...
48913
Reposted by Rest is Politics
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Oh.
461277276
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Rest Is Politics US @restispoliticsus.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🚨FOUNDING MEMBERS EPISODE NOW PUBLIC🚨 🤜Trump’s Fight Club🤛 Tune in now to hear Katty Kay and The Mooch discuss: 🤔Is Bernie Sanders a populist? 🫖Do the Democrats need a Tea Party movement? 📉The stock market under Trump Watch/listen now 👇 🎙️ t.co/YgGrDeOrFo 📺 youtu.be/N226cD3LHvc
0112
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Tens of thousands of people will be hit by “knock-on impact” of PIP cuts. Unpaid carers face losing carer’s allowance if their family member loses eligibility for disability benefits - a devastating double loss www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
theguardian.com
Some disabled people could lose £10k a year in benefits by end of decade
Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many
2221285
Reposted by Rest is Politics
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
James O’Brien Daily ‘New & Noteworthy’ on Apple Podcasts
816719
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“Almost every" council the Conservatives won in 2021 could be lost in this year's local elections, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has conceded news.sky.com/story/badeno...
news.sky.com
Badenoch makes bleak local elections prediction - as Farage mocks 'comical' new slogan
On 1 May, across England, more than 1,600 council seats will be up for re-election, alongside six mayors. The Conservative Party is facing being squeezed by the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and local ...
1814322
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social Q&A - Gaza, Ukraine, huge protests in Serbia, and @rory-stewart.bsky.social on his faith alastaircampbell.org/2025/03/385-...
alastaircampbell.org
385. Question Time: Trump, Putin, and the Future of Ukraine
How likely is an all-out win for Putin? What do Saudi Arabia and UAE think about Trump? What is behind the protests in Serbia? Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all of this and more. The Rest Is P...
512125
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Question Time: Trump, Putin, and the Future of Ukraine This week on Question Time, Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell discuss: 🇺🇦Will Putin get his way in Ukraine? 🇸🇦What do the Saudis think of Trump? 🇷🇸Why Serbians are fed up with corruption Tune in now 👇 linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics
15607
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We urge all our listeners to check out this excellent new podcast from the brilliant David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell! Watch or listen here👇 🎙️https://linktr.ee/journeythroughtime 📺https://youtu.be/JBPQ-Hb2THQ
2332
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
WATCH: Jacob from Northampton rung in last night. It proved to be one of the best calls I've had in years, as he outlined how meditation saved him from a life of addiction and suicidal thoughts. Utterly inspirational. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLI6...
youtube.com
Iain Dale's 'best call in 15 years' | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
194
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/03/2025
Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls says plans to cut disability benefits ‘won’t work’
theguardian.com
Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls says plans to cut disability benefits ‘won’t work’
Influential Labour figure says cuts ‘not a Labour thing to do’, while George Osborne says when chancellor he resisted move as ‘step too far’ The former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised plans for cuts to disability benefits, saying on his podcast…
1910515
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
On my @LBC show 7pm Is it right to abolish NHS England? 8pm An hour with @Simonhartmp talking about his political diaries 9pm Why does our society treat teaching as a profession with so little respect?
231
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social q and a - Farage v Lowe; should Hungary be kicked out of the EU?; is Labour moving too far to the right?; and a glaring omission in Charles’ otherwise excellent musical choices alastaircampbell.org/2025/03/383-...
alastaircampbell.org
383. Question Time: Farage vs. Reform, is Labour still socialist, and how to ‘out-Trump’ Trump
What’s going on inside Reform UK? Should Europe expel Hungary from the EU? Is there anything socialist left about Labour? Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all of this and more. The Rest Is Politi...
1216818
Reposted by Rest is Politics
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The excellent article I was just talking about. www.independent.co.uk/voices/bbc-g...
independent.co.uk
I’m a former BBC newsreader – Gaza is the reason I resigned
The controversy over the pulling of the ‘How to Survive a Warzone’ documentary is a distraction from a much bigger problem my old employer has with impartiality, writes Karishma Patel
19481123
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13/03/2025
NEW: Special News Agents with Keir Starmer We talk -His wish to shrink the state. -Reaction to Putin’s rejection of the ceasefire. -Whether he trusts Trump. -NHSEngland abolition. -Why Trump deserves a second state visit. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Listen now
podcasts.apple.com
Exclusive: Keir Starmer talks Trump and Russia with The News Agents
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 13/03/2025 · 28m
2013823
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Tuesday’s @guardian front page: Number of jobless ‘indefensible’ says PM amid criticism over cuts www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
335719
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Michael Wolff: The Man Who Got To Trump (LEADING) @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory are joined by Michael Wolff to discuss: 🇺🇸The nature of the characters in Trump's White House 🤔What the people around Trump really think about him 📰The future of the Murdoch empire
108216
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Tesla shares fell 15% today alone to $222 - they have more than HALVED in value since their recent peak in mid December of $480 Oh dear
1311886254
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/03/2025
How did Reform end up in such a mess? Is that a serious question?
theguardian.com
How did Reform end up in such a mess? Is that a serious question?
Nigel Farage’s team is down to four MPs, with the suspended Rupert Lowe denouncing it as a “protest party led by the messiah”. Let’s not waste time wondering who’s wrong and who’s right, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
2310315
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/03/2025
Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits systems ahead of deep cuts
theguardian.com
Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits systems ahead of deep cuts
PM expected to announce billions in savings from the personal independence payment, the main disability benefit Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, with the numbers out of work or training “indefensible and unfair,” the prime minister…
21417
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
US share prices fall as markets nervous about Trump’s tariffs www.channel4.com/news/us-shar...
channel4.com
US share prices fall as markets nervous about Trump’s tariffs
Share prices have tumbled again in the United States, with financial markets increasingly nervous about the impact of the US President's tariff threats.
36311
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
PIP exists because life costs more if you are disabled. Those costs won’t magically disappear because the government decides to squeeze eligibility - disabled people already face a disproportionately high risk of poverty. This plan will push even more disabled people into poverty - not into jobs
33546203
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index Oh dear www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Billionaires at Trump’s Swearing-In Have Since Lost $210 Billion
As Donald Trump took the oath of office on Jan. 20, he was flanked by some of the world’s wealthiest people. The billionaires present that day — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — h...
1831752384
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/03/2025
Credit where it’s due for cleaner air in London | Letters
theguardian.com
Credit where it’s due for cleaner air in London | Letters
Letters: Sadiq Khan should be congratulated for expanding the Ulez scheme despite criticism from Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, says Peter Walker. Plus a letter from Dr Robin Russell-Jones
423338
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
18549333533
Reposted by Rest is Politics
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/03/2025
Germany to reach out to France and UK over sharing of nuclear weapons
theguardian.com
Germany to reach out to France and UK over sharing of nuclear weapons
But Friedrich Merz cautions such a move could not replace the US’s existing protective shield over Europe Germany’s chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz, has said he will reach out to France and Britain to discuss the sharing of nuclear weapons, but…
737581
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
1171076414
Reposted by Rest is Politics
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Reform UK infighting escalates as Farage and Lowe trade blows www.channel4.com/news/reform-...
channel4.com
Reform UK infighting escalates as Farage and Lowe trade blows
The row at the top of the Reform party has intensified - after Nigel Farage and suspended MP Rupert Lowe launched more attacks against each other.
12819