logo
episode-header-image
Apr 2024
28m 42s

The honeytrap scandal: Sexting in Westmi...

THE TIMES
About this episode
tail spinning
Up next
Today
The G7 v Donald Trump
The annual G7 summit starts today in France. The normally stuffy, formal affair has been shaken up in recent years by Donald Trump, who has sparred with nearly all of America’s allies. So is the G7 still the powerful, united global force it once was? And with China building its o ... Show More
28m 28s
Yesterday
Ghost Mountain: part three - The network
Following months of police inaction over the disappearance of British tourist Lorna McSorley, we reveal a high-tech breakthrough. A new digital trail reveals potential suspects who might hold the answer to what happened - and seems to confirm the worst of local fears.This is the ... Show More
35m 51s
Jun 13
Ghost Mountain: part two - Strong medicine
With the South African police’s search for missing British tourist Lorna McSorley gone cold, locals take matters into their own hands. Their investigation uncovers extraordinary and deeply troubling facts about her disappearance, linking it to a string of other missing people in ... Show More
36m 51s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2024
Westminster sexting and the honeytrap
William Wragg, the MP who found himself blackmailed by a person to whom he'd sent explicit photographs - last night resigned the Conservative party whip. It means Sunak has lost another MP - Wragg will quit parliament anyway after the next election. He was the victim of a honeytr ... Show More
30m 54s
Oct 2023
Who’s Behind a Fake Trudeau Sex Scandal?
Journalism in Canada is fighting for its life. Support Canadaland now. There’s a video on YouTube titled “Trudeau’s Alleged AFFAIR with Minister of AFFAIRS” that baselessly suggests the Prime Minister’s marriage fell apart due to a dalliance with a member of his cabinet. It has n ... Show More
52m 46s
Jan 2024
208. History's warning to Labour, the Post Office scandal, and Bangladesh's battle for power
How should the fallout of the Post Office scandal be handled? Why do the polls always swing towards the Tories as an election nears? What's going on in Bangladesh? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more on today's episode of The Rest Is Politics. 🌏 ... Show More
57m 30s
Jan 2024
Mr Bates Vs the Post Office – what Fujitsu told MPs
The man who has led fellow former sub postmasters in their campaign to overturn wrongful convictions, Alan Bates, was among those giving evidence to MPs today. The bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu also faced the committee for the first time with the Post Office chief executi ... Show More
18m 55s
Nov 2023
Marching Orders: Met Police Urges Demo Delay
The Metropolitan Police has urged the organisers of pro-Palestinian marches to call off their planned demonstration on Armistice Day. The home secretary, Suella Braverman, said there was a “risk of serious public disorder” if the marches went ahead.To help understand the challeng ... Show More
33m 54s
Mar 2021
The Ruthless Rise and Lonely Decline of Andrew Cuomo
<p>Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York is known as a hard-charging, ruthless political operator.</p><p>But his power has always come from two sources: legislators’ fear of crossing him and his popularity among the electorate.</p><p>After recent scandals over bullying allegations, his a ... Show More
36m 55s
Aug 2021
The Resignation of Andrew Cuomo
<p>Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced yesterday that he would resign from office, exactly one week after a searing report found that he sexually harassed 11 women.</p><p>What convinced him to step aside, how did the scandal bring about such a rapid and astonishing reversa ... Show More
22m 49s
Feb 2024
The Post Office scandal - more trouble on the Horizon?
The former chair of the Post Office, Henry Staunton, who was dismissed last month, claims he was told by a top civil servant to "hobble into the election" and delay payouts to sub-postmasters, in a newly released memo. But Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch told MPs there's "no evi ... Show More
24m 19s
Feb 2024
Will Young: popstar to politician? Plus Westminster ceasefire row
Nish and guest co-presenter Liz Bates set the scene on what went on to become a chaotic night in the Commons, that put speaker Lindsay Hoyle’s job at risk. They call out the “pathetic and petty” political game playing that sought to use the suffering of people in Gaza to embarras ... Show More
51m 22s
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami