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129. Sunak at a crossroads, weaponising 'woke', and the Wagner Group

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Episode 129 · May 10, 2023

129. Sunak at a crossroads, weaponising 'woke', and the Wagner Group

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129. Sunak at a crossroads, weaponising 'woke', and the Wagner Group

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Summary

Have the local elections changed how Sunak will run Number 10? What's going on with the Wagner Group and Vladimir Putin? How did the coronation attendees manage to go to the toilet during the long wait for King Charles?

Alastair and Rory answer all these questions and more on today's episode of The Rest Is Politics.

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129. Sunak at a crossroads, weaponising 'woke', and the Wagner Group

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Alastair Campbell Episodes Around May 10, 2023

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117. Trump's indictment, Dover delays, and Sanna Marin loses

118. Question Time: Democracy under threat, rampant sewage, and campaign songs

119. Starmer's most controversial move yet, the truth behind Vladimir Putin, and the Good Friday Agreement

120. Question Time: Macron and Xi Jinping, the rise of the right, and Tony Blair vs. UFOs

121. Chaos in Sudan, Biden vs. Sunak, and the fall of Braverman?

122. Question Time: Leaking Liz Truss, the funniest person in politics, and ‘Killing Thatcher’

123. DOMINIC RAAB RESIGNS

124. Politicians vs. civil servants, evacuating Sudan, and Diane Abbott

125. Question Time: Murdoch mayhem, the politics of nepotism, and Alastair Campbell MP?

126. King Charles III's coronation, the geopolitics of net-zero, and the power of oracy

127. Question Time: Communists in Austria, the collapse of First Republic, and the political power of Ben and Jerry's

128. Local Elections: Who's the real winner?

129. Sunak at a crossroads, weaponising 'woke', and the Wagner Group

130. Question Time: Bumping into Boris Johnson, the Hong Kong handover, and One-nation Tories vs. Blairites

131. Erdoğan fights on, 'Clause IV on steroids', and the fall of military rule

132. Question Time: How to reform prisons, Macron vs. Clinton, and what is the Privy Council?

But What Can I Do? (Extract)

133. Suella's speeding, Japan in focus, and what's the point of the G7?

134. Question Time: Solving sewage, building on the Green Belt, and the most intimidating person in politics

135. Spanish politics explained and a deep dive into AI

136. Question Time: Johnson vs. Stewart, protests in Serbia, and are think tanks actually influential?

137. Government taking itself to court, avoiding war with China, and Polish protests

138. Question Time: The Bullingdon Club, democracy vs. capitalism, and overcoming foot-and-mouth

139. BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS

140. Johnson and Sunak at war, Sturgeon's arrest, and the death of Silvio Berlusconi

141. Question Time: Labour greatest hope, what a Trump presidency would mean for Ukraine, and should we ban vaping?

142. Is this the end for Boris Johnson?

143. The world looks to Beijing, Putin vs. Africa, and Rory's sliding Brexit doors

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