463. Question Time: How Truth Became Optional In Trump’s America

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  • 30 October 2025

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How serious are Trump’s hints about serving a third term? Is the US sleepwalking into a civil war? And does the Labour Party really understand rural Britain? 


Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.


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