7 Aug 2025
435. Question Time: The Migrant Return Plan, Colombia’s Drug Cartels, and Will Rory Join Corbyn’s New Party?Can Starmer’s deal with Macron really fix the Channel crisis? Is Colombia’s fragile peace falling apart amid a booming drug trade? And, could AI replace mental health support lines?
Two men who’ve been at the heart of the political world – former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and cabinet minister Rory Stewart – join forces from across the political divide.
4 Aug 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 Badenoch’s leadership?
Every Monday, Rory and Alastair interrogate, converse with, and interview some of the world’s biggest names – from both inside and outside of politics – about life, leadership, or leading the way in their chosen field.
Alastair Campbell’s diary: The hard right will tear itself apart
The idea that Nigel Farage could be prime minister is laughable when he is struggling to hold his party together... Continue
125. Peter Kyle: AI, grief, and the power of Elon Musk
5 consecutive UK Prime Ministers have declared that the UK will become an AI Superpower, why is Keir Starmer any different? Why does no one have ‘big ideas’ anymore? And, how did Peter Ky... Continue
383. Question Time: Farage vs. Reform, is Labour still socialist, and how to ‘out-Trump’ Trump
What’s going on inside Reform UK? Should Europe expel Hungary from the EU? Is there anything socialist left about Labour?Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all of this and more.The Rest ... Continue
382. Revenge on the West: Putin and Xi’s Plan For Trump
Why does the West obsess over Trump but ignore China’s long game? How are Xi and Putin playing America’s chaos for their own ends? Is the Al-Sharaa social media firestorm a warning for We... Continue
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Our media obsession with Trump is playing into China’s hands
China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America... Continue
124. The Man Who Got To Trump (Michael Wolff)
How did Michael Wolff manage to penetrate and expose Trump’s inner circle multiple times? Will the Murdoch empire survive the death of its Patriarch? Who’s really in charge in the White H... Continue
381. Question Time: Starmer’s Dilemma
Is Labour so focused on the red wall and Reform that they risk losing people at the other end of the spectrum? What has happened with the documentary, ‘Gaza: How to Survive a War'? And coul... Continue