Oct 9

BONUS: Is Zack Polanski sunk after Holborn & St Pancras?

Labour wins the Holborn & St Pancras handily – but the Greens had staked a lot on Zack Polanski winning and he failed. Is Polanski’s nightmare week over the Zionism vote a symptom of deeper weaknesses in his leadership? Is far-left entryism destroying the Greens? And why Labour’s ... Show More

27m 51s

Oct 8

Remainiacs Assemble? – Can Burnham end the Brexit Era?

Has Burnham really broken Britain’s bizarre, self-enforced silence around the disaster that is Brexit? What would a real pro-EU membership stance from Labour mean for British politics? And would killing off Brexit inadvertently give a flagging Farage his mojo back? Plus, in the w ... Show More

59m 3s

Oct 6

Badenoch to the bone – Are the Tories becoming a Kemi cult?

Kemi Badenoch has promised to revitalise the Tory party at the Conservatives' conference – but can she drag it out of the doldrums? Plus, the Green Party conference descended into acrimony after members voted to declare that “Zionism is racism” – can leader Zack Polanski withstan ... Show More

1h 4m

Jul 2024

295. Question Time: Israel vs. Hezbollah, legalising cannabis, and Kamala Harris' Middle East strategy

Will the attack on the Golan Heights push Israel and Hezbollah into war? How does Harris’ approach to the Middle East differ from Trump's? How do Rory and Alastair square their beliefs with what people want to hear? And, was Starmer right to suspend seven MPs over the two child b ... Show More

36m 24s

Jan 2025

360. Question Time: Assad’s People - Syria, Torture, and Justice

Are the media ignoring what’s happening in Gaza? Should the UK be boycotting the cricket in Afghanistan? And, how worried should we be about democratic backsliding in Georgia and Venezuela? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in today's Question T ... Show More

41m 3s

Mar 2025

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 could Rory and Alastair treated al-Sharaa more sternly? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer ... Show More

50m 50s

Aug 2025

Gazans are starving. How did it get this bad?

The war in Gaza is approaching the 2 year mark. As it does, Israel continues to launch new attacks on a territory that is already in ruins. And the humanitarian situation for Gaza’s Palestinian residents continues to worsen.A team of NPR reporters has been focusing on one questio ... Show More

11m 16s

Sep 2024

320. Labour’s struggle to define itself, Hezbollah vs. Israel, and understanding Long Covid

Does Starmer’s government lack a strategic vision? Are we on the brink of a wider war in the Middle East? Why has society turned a blind eye to those living with Long Covid? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in today's episode of The Rest Is Polit ... Show More

57m 45s

Oct 2023

UK Politics and the War in the Middle East

Israeli forces continue moving troops into Gaza as bombing continues.And different positions have emerged in UK politics on what should be done to help civilians in the region.Political editor of Newsnight, Nick Watt helps us make sense of them, and Lyse Doucet, BBC chief interna ... Show More

27m 14s

Oct 2023

Reporting the Israel Gaza war

Exploring how the media is covering the conflict, we look at the battle for influence online and some of the misinformation that has been circulating, plus we talk to the BBC’s director of editorial policy about why BBC journalists won't use the word 'terrorists' to describe the ... Show More

28m 4s

Britain’s Not Got Talent? Plus Labour’s ...