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Nov 12, 2025
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Watch AD FREE here: https://youtu.be/vI-blEVUnQc Has Keir Starmer lost control of his own team? Is Gen Z actually the most informed generation yet, or are they cripplingly cynical? And, why is African democracy in retreat? The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Fuse are giving away FREE TRIP+ membership for all of 2025 to new sign ups 🎉 TRIP+ gets you ad-free listening, discounts, and early access to episodes and pre-sale tickets for live shows! To sign up and for terms and conditions, visit http:/www.fuseenergy.com/politics ⚡ To find out more, search for HSBC Wealth.
- 0:00Cold open
- 0:36Fuse Energy
- 1:55What’s coming up
- 2:08Labour leadership rumours:
- 16:13How do we help 16–17-year-olds get properly informed?
- 24:18Mexico: the president groped on a walkabout: what does it say about women’s safety?
- 26:43Tanzania after the election: arrests, violence, and a wider African democratic recession
- 33:03HSBC
- 34:24Climate: doing more on the pod + rainforest protection and reforestation finance
- 42:20Dick Cheney: power, Iraq, and a complicated legacy
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KS
Keir Starmer
Karma has the lowest ratings of any prime minister we've ever had and ever know.
NF
Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage is leading the Reform Party, which of those two do you think is going to be prime minister after that election?
LT
Liz Truss
Karma has the lowest ratings of any prime minister with the possible exception for a few days of list truss
TB
Tony Blair
sometimes I would say things in a way that Tony Blair wouldn't afterwards have liked
BJ
Boris Johnson
Theresa May some ambitious person like Boris Johnson on maneuvers leaks I'm going to move against it's actually the other way round
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