Introducing: The Rest Is Science
2 December 2025
Podcast
10 September 2025
Has Starmer’s reshuffle shifted Labour to the right, and frozen out the left? Will Farage ultimately lose control of Reform UK? Why has the French government collapsed again?
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Education Section
Northern Ireland was completely ignored in this report. They regularly out perform others in the UK. We do have a slightly different system. I have noticed this in several episodes. At the moment we are still a member of the UK.