Alastair Campbell’s diary: Books are the key to understanding the world. That’s why Putin wants to burn them
9 September 2026
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569. Farage’s Foreign Funding Scandal and Germany’s Far-Right Breakthrough
As the Alternative for Germany party secured its best ever election result in Saxony-Anhalt, is the country about to get its first far-right state premier since the Nazi Party, and will Chancellor Fri... Continue9 September 2026
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9 September 2026
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205. Anthony Scaramucci: Why America Keeps Making the Same Mistakes
Why does Anthony Scaramucci think Osama bin Laden is “winning”, and what has the War on Terror really cost America? From letting China into the WTO to bailing out the banks in 2008, how did Americ... Continue7 September 2026
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Becoming Burnham: The Manchester Arena Call, Westminster Plotting, and Keir vs Andy
To hear the full episode, and the whole series, sign up at therestispolitics.com How did Andy Burnham learn about the Manchester Arena bombing? Would he still have tried to become PM had Keir Starmer... Continue3 September 2026
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568. MAGA’s Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland’s ‘Brexit’ Moment
Did Iceland's rejection of EU membership talks repeat the same mistakes as Britain's Remain campaign, and does it hand a dangerous propaganda win to Farage, Putin, and the wider anti-European right? A... Continue3 September 2026
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567. Who Really Benefits from AI and Will Data Centres Decide the Midterms?
Why is the backlash against data centres becoming one of the most combustible issues in US politics? What does an AI system's attempt to cheat, cover its tracks, and break into another company’s web... Continue2 September 2026
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2 September 2026
Posted by Alastair Campbell
204. Will a Wealth Tax Actually Fix Britain? (Dan Neidle)
Why does tax expert Dan Neidle take Gabriel Zucman seriously as a thinker on inequality, but dismiss Gary Stevenson's warnings as populism? What did he uncover in Peter Mandelson's emails, and how did... Continue31 August 2026
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