Charlie Kirk: Saviour of the Right?

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Watch AD FREE here: https://youtu.be/0zHbfofCInc Is Charlie Kirk becoming America’s new martyr for the far right? How deep does Chinese spying go in Western politics? And, is Moldova the next target for Russian meddling? Join Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell as they discuss all of this and more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 https://www.fuseenergy.com/politics ⚡ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about how Google’s AI is helping fuel the UK’s growth and transformation and read the report at https://goo.gle/aiworks. Social Producer: Celine Charles Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Video Editor: Josh Smith, Adam Thornton Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor, Jack Davenport

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US Politics Far-right Extremism Gun Violence Cancel Culture Geopolitics

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MP

Mike Pompeo

“The Mike Pompeo interview that we did on leading coming out on Monday.”

DT

Donald Trump

“Trump celebrating the departure of a TV satist”

TC

Tucker Carlson

“I found it pretty horrific that so many there's now these people who bang on about there being a free speech in problem... Tucker Carlson stood up there and basically tried to make a parallel between Charlie Kirk and Jesus Christ.”

CY

Curtis Yarvin

“I had this with Curtis Yavin talking about, you know, all these people in Britain who get arrested for tweet for tweets”

JK

Jimmy Kimmel

“Okay, Jimmy Kimmel has been reinstated, it seems, because of the backlash.”