435. Question Time: The Migrant Return Plan, Colombia’s Drug Cartels, and Will Rory Join Corbyn’s New Party?
7 August 2025
Podcast
2 October 2023
What is Theresa May’s biggest regret from her time as Home Secretary? Why was the Hillsborough disaster such an abuse of power? What’s it like to stay on as an MP after occupying the highest office in the land?
On today’s episode of Leading, Rory and Alastair are joined by former Conservative Prime Minister, Theresa May.
Want to hear next Monday’s episode - “Theresa May: Donald Trump, David Cameron, and ‘Brexit means Brexit’ (Part 2)' - right now? It’s already available to members of The Rest Is Politics Plus. Go to therestispolitics.com to sign up or start a free trial on Apple Podcasts (apple.co/therestispolitics) today.
Instagram:
Twitter:
Email:
Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 minute(s) read
Recent Podcasts
7 August 2025
Posted by Alastair Campbell
434. Why the West is Finally Recognising Palestine
Why are the UK, France and Canada finally recognising a Palestinian state? Why is Trump punishing Brazil, India, and Switzerland with tariffs? Should Starmer’s Labour be less cautious and m... Continue6 August 2025
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Trump isn’t World King, he’s a narcissist
The president's trip to Scotland proves there's a real harm in not holding his actions to account... Continue4 August 2025
146. The Rise and Fall of The Conservative Party: Jeremy Hunt (Part 1)
How did Jeremy Hunt lose the Conservative leadership race to Boris Johnson? What does the longest serving Health Minister think will fix the NHS? What does Jeremy Hunt really think of Kemi ... Continue4 August 2025
Posted by Alastair Campbell
31 July 2025
Posted by Alastair Campbell
432. Trump, Starmer, and Gaza: Is The Tide Turning Against Israel?
Will the West turn the tide on Gaza or is it too little, too late? What are the pictures Netanyahu doesn't want Trump to see? Are Israel's aid drops purely performative? Join Rory and Alasta... Continue30 July 2025
Posted by Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell’s diary: My date with Ghislaine Maxwell
If you had said to me then she might end up attached to a powerful man, able to build and exploit connections wherever he found them, I could well have seen how it may happen... Continue30 July 2025
145. Gary Stevenson: Masculinity, Money, and the Myth of Meritocracy (Part 2)
How did Gary become a multimillionaire by the age of 25? How big a difference can a wealth tax make on regular people's lives? Have centrist politics failed on the economy? Rory and Alastair... Continue28 July 2025
Posted by Alastair Campbell
[…] revealing, funny, smart … and not create headlines that damage your cause. Not far behind was Theresa May, still a serving MP but more open than she was when Prime Minister, if not quite as open as Angela, […]