34. Question Time: The last days of Blair and May, carbon footprints, and remaining hopeful

  • The Rest Is Politics

  • 28 July 2022

  • Posted by Alastair Campbell

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May's downfall, Blair-Brown, Celtic vs. Rangers in Belfast, remaining hopeful, charter cities, climate change, carbon emissions, and wildfires.


Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all your questions on the above and more in the latest Question Time episode of The Rest Is Politics.


Reading list:

The Brexit revolutionaries have barely begun, Britain need to wake up fast (The Sovereign Individual) - Alastair Campbell

The Tories are upping their attack on our democracy, under cover of the leadership contest - Gina Miller (The Guardian)

The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy - Mariana Mazzucato


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