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166. Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, and absolute populist power

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Alastair Campbell Episodes Around August 29, 2023

151. Question Time: Feargal Sharkey on water pollution, drug legalisation, and fishing

152. The Power of Prigozhin

153. How radical would Labour be in power?

154. Question Time: Ben Wallace, intellectual PMs, and the fight for the Israeli flag

155. Sunak slides to defeat in Selby and Somerton

156. Labour on the defensive, Machismo in Spain, and Israel on a knife-edge

157. Question Time: Knocking over Liz Truss, Oxbridge dominance, and life under the Taliban

158. Sunak's net zero culture war, Africa's 'coup belt', and a new strategy for the German far-right

159. Question Time: Sweden's Quran-burning crisis, Farage vs. the banks, and what is 'the establishment'?

160. White House or jail? The future of Donald J. Trump

161. Question Time: Rebuilding the Tory brand, Macron’s successor, and the militarisation of Mexico

162. Small boats, Zimbabwe since Mugabe, and Trump's anti-mafia indictment

163. Question Time: Privatisation vs. Nationalisation

164. The Trial of Lucy Letby, the domination of the dollar, and politicians vs. lawyers

165: Question Time: Populism in Portugal, texting David Cameron, and a challenger to Trump?

166. Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, and absolute populist power

167. Question Time: How to rig an election, Scotland's golden goose, and the least impressive president of all time

Introducing... The Rest Is Money

168. Crumbling Britain, a ruthless reshuffle, and Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘beautiful ears’

169. Question Time: Imagining Labour’s first 100 days in power, Australia’s Indigenous Voice referendum, and compulsory politics in schools

170. Prison escape, a test for Australian democracy, and spooks in Westminster?

171. Question Time: The return of Liz Truss, Slovakia's answer to Viktor Orbán, and Starmer's popularity waning?

Politics On the Edge (Extract)

172. Liz Truss returns, Putin's Western puppets, and Rory at the United Nations

173. Question Time: Corbyn's expulsion from Labour, Belgium's sex education crisis, and how would Blair fare as PM today?

174. Scrapping HS2, ‘Ukraine fatigue’, and 'Vive le Roi!'

175. Question Time: The Power of Rupert Murdoch

176. Can the Tory Party be saved?

177. Question Time: A new centrist party, mafia politics in New Jersey, and was Jesus a socialist?

178. Israel At War

179. Is Keir Starmer ready to be Prime Minister?

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