Murdoch’s Succession Battle and the Fight for Fox News
7 November 2025
Podcast
28 September 2022
It's been a quiet week in UK politics...
On today's (in person) episode Rory and Alastair discuss Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget, Liz Truss and her quest for growth, the protests in Iran and the far right's election victory in Italy.
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