Just reflecting on Rory's words about AI and 'blackening politicians' names', and I genuinely miss the days when political criticism was based on policy and not personality.
@FRM101
7 ай бұрын
When was that, exactly?
@humblegamertube
7 ай бұрын
@@FRM101 Roughly 1215
@murrayeldred3563
8 ай бұрын
I just wrote an email to the British Embassy today about more use of 'soft power' where I live where the UK has virtually 0 influence. Real backwater for the FCO. As a local businessman said to me about the British Embassy- why don't they just close the Embassy and run it remotely.
@DylanSargesson
8 ай бұрын
Where is that?
@murrayeldred3563
8 ай бұрын
Central Asia. One of the Stans.😮
@JelMain
8 ай бұрын
@@murrayeldred3563 And that's the same issue from the other end. Nobody in Parliament has any weight. I think I put us back at the top table at least three times, maybe five, and each time some intellectual featherweight fs it up.
@oldskoolmusicnostalgia
8 ай бұрын
It's hard for countries like Britain to get into soft power when entire centuries of nation's history are based around doing just the opposite: using hard power in the form of navy and military to control others, or institutions controlled by the west like the IMF, or the protection of the US. Japan and Australia for example have had decades to work out how to deploy soft power while the UK was still flexing its muscles and trying to figure out how it could continue to strong-arm others (Argentina, Spain, Irak and more). Those negotiation skills won't be learnt overnight.
@justgeneric2876
8 ай бұрын
What they need is promoting chambers of commerce. If businessman wanna set them up support them. Same with embassy’s. I tried to set one up in a prosperous Asian city the population and economic size of London that had no uk embassy or chamber of commerce but English business. They weren’t interested
@ianlawrie919
8 ай бұрын
I am always placed on a cloud of optimism after listening to The Rest is Politics 😃👍👏👌
@Josh-iw3md
8 ай бұрын
Can you please put the date in the episode title? These are often uploaded late or before the podcast version and it's difficult to tell which episode is which
@kevinmcguire1049
8 ай бұрын
It’s common when a new CEO takes over they go through the business and identify any key issues and get the bad news out because if they don’t in 12 months it belongs to them. Starmer needs to do the same thing as I am sure there are many issues from successive Tory governments that have been buried. Starmer has talked about investigating COVID financial mismanagement and the other is Brexit and the true cost to the UK. Those costs need to include all the additional spend on leaving the EU, costs of the Bank of England supporting the pound and lost taxes and GDP etc. While it appears nobody wants to campaign on Brexit, it will continue to have a profound impact on the UK economy that means taxes are higher than they need to be, funding of public services is always under pressure and just the general malaise in UK plc. Without such analysis and public discussion we will never get to the point about a grown up fact based discussion about improving our relationship with the EU that could unleash economic growth that allows the country to prosper rather than the current rubbish of taking about ‘taking back control’, ‘controlling our boarders’, ‘Parliamentary Sovereignty’ that been shown to be meaningless slogans that not even the people saying them believe but are used to appease the right wing of the Tory party and sell newspapers.
@joelomax
8 ай бұрын
Could you explain why those three "slogans," as you put it, are not factually based? I am a brexit sympathiser but genuinely want to understand the truth of the situation.
@tomemery7890
8 ай бұрын
Money is but one facet of life. Your thinking is limited. Freedom, independence, self-governance and democracy are things people have died for and for good reason. I will not be governed by foreigners who I haven't voted for.
@rickatatastan2695
8 ай бұрын
Sell newspapers? I don't think anybody's writing to sell newspapers. Newspapers have morphed into loss-making propaganda devices: they are no longer legitimate businesses. You may not have noticed, but newspapers get deposited in workplaces at a loss. Ever wonder where that copy of The Sun came from at work? Who bought it? Answer: Nobody bought it.
@GorgeDawes
8 ай бұрын
Ah, so you’ll be wanting to pull out of NATO then? Can’t have our troops being commanded by foreigners now, can we? And where does that WTO get off, telling us how to trade, hmm?
@buzzukfiftythree
8 ай бұрын
@@tomemery7890What absolute nonsense! We were never governed by the EU and our membership gave us far more freedoms than we now have post-Brexit. Only 13% of our legislation over the past 50 years related to EU legislation. As for democracy, how can it be democratic that UK governments are formed by parties who usually have a minority of the overall votes?
@mikeakachorlton
8 ай бұрын
30:18 What is being described sounds very similar to the Blair response after the whole 'Whoops no weapons of mass destruction after all' outcome to the invasion of Iraq, Alistair. Can't remember who was pumping that message at the time...
@DJWESG1
8 ай бұрын
I think even Campbell understands or is beginning to understand that theor centrist position was a very extreme position in many respects. As defined by tariq Ali in his book 'the extreme center'.
@tamoa5652
8 ай бұрын
Great Podcast as always. And agree completely, gossip and leaks from permanent secretaries is inappropriate and counterproductive to the integrity of the fco.
@suecole7338
8 ай бұрын
Great podcast. Thank you.
@skylineuk1485
8 ай бұрын
These are great discussions.
@IAmTheOnlyLucas
8 ай бұрын
Gentlemen, just today Prof. James Ker-Lindsay has posted one of his videos examining the situation in Nigeria in great academic depth. He focused on the traditional crafts of the Christian farmer and Muslim herder communities colliding, partially due to pressures from climate change.
@EllenRCox
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation!
@uxb1112
8 ай бұрын
@@EllenRCox I believe you have missed the point. The writer seems to be being ironic
@Matthew-bu7fg
8 ай бұрын
The only thing more tangled than Rory's earphones is Lee Anderson's political leanings
@ogribiker8535
8 ай бұрын
😅😅😅
@steveknight878
7 ай бұрын
I was a teacher for a few years some time ago (maths, human biology, computing, photography) and saw what happened during inspections. Those teachers who knew how the inspections happened spent a lot of time changing their lesson plans etc. so as to make the classes that they were going to be observed in appear as good as possible, and to tick all the required boxes. What the inspectors saw was nothing like normal lessons. It seemed to be largely a waste of time and resources. Once all the inspections were over things reverted to normal. What actually was inspected was the ability of teachers to interpret correctly what the inspectors were looking for.
@halfamo2422
8 ай бұрын
Dear Rory, it's vacuous, what can I say, but where's the stripy jumper from please?!
@makutarix1769
8 ай бұрын
It's amazing how much nostalgia of empire is still holding the UK back both domestically and internationally. Germany and France have long realised their colonial days are over and that their future prosperity and international relevance lies in the EU. I have said it since before 2016, I have declared controversially in my classes, and I will claim it once again. The imperial past is dead, our future is European!
@stuartwray6175
8 ай бұрын
France has long realised its colonial days are over?: French troops withdrew from Niger in December 2023. Earlier in the year they withdrew from Burkina Faso, and Mali in 2022. France led the push for regime change in Libya 2011. France had a tumultuous 2023, with strikes, riots and protests.
@stevenhoward3358
8 ай бұрын
I am glad you guys are keeping up standards after I watched JHB interview Dr Mustafa Barghouti on Talk TV, atrocious and disrespectful, and well, amateur hour. I wonder what OFCOM will make of it.
@annettekearney9798
8 ай бұрын
Honestly that was beyond shocking.
@stevenhoward3358
8 ай бұрын
and after watching DDN speak on the issue of funding and staffing of that channel, it suddenly becomes crystal clear.
@benjaminblakemore9704
8 ай бұрын
The media crew who manage "the rest is politics" need to give the boys Rory and Alistair some decent YAMAHA headphones 🎧 👌
@leonseymore263
4 ай бұрын
You did well .... the trick was to end positively
@AB-zl4nh
8 ай бұрын
The 2024 EU parliamentary elections are very important. If the Right & Far Right MEPs get a large minority of the votes, it will harm Ukraine and green new deal investment.
@uxb1112
8 ай бұрын
You truly have just no idea. I would keep quiet in future if I were you
@andrewsmith-jf6ou
8 ай бұрын
Add please the positive things that have happened in astronomy for your Positive Pod cast !
@chipbutty1971
8 ай бұрын
The doom-laden face that Alistair Campbell pulled was priceless. Ribbing aside, great podcast 👍
@DJWESG1
8 ай бұрын
Doom laden is probably apt. He did work for Tony, and Tony was informed by another Tony, that Tony was engaged in a debate with a guy called ulrich beck who wrote a book called 'the risk society' in 1986, the second Tony, Anthony Giddens (the two tonys) translated that book and did the early work on the first Tony's (Tony blair) third position (the same name as the second Tony's academic paper). What's important here is Becks 'reflexive modernisation' in rhe context of thst risk society, and the idiocy of the two Tony's and their employees, who today have doom laden faces.
@uxb1112
8 ай бұрын
@@DJWESG1this Campbell creature is responsible for most of the many ills in our country through his minion Blair, let us not forget. Now He attempts to further disrupt the political process with portents of doom and gloom, parting the views of the uniparty and the lords of Davos. Let us also not forget that it was the Campbells who sold out Scotland in the days of the pretenders.
@eddycurrant1380
8 ай бұрын
Anyone who feels optimistic about Britain in particular and the wider world in general just isn't paying attention or is quite young and preoccupied
@seamuspadraigsanders431
8 ай бұрын
In what sense future predictions under brexit Britain are sterling, Labour and remain next year is judged to be one of the biggest disaster in economic history undoing Brexit gains and turning back multiple positive economic forecasts by worldwide experts.
@TheGibbsy13
8 ай бұрын
Rory Stewart … we demand you get back into politics . You are our only hope 🙏
@johnmichaelcule8423
8 ай бұрын
The UN Security Council needs a built in review every twenty-five years or so to ensure that the countries with veto power are actually the Big Cheeses in the world. But it would have to actually be reasonable not a 'fix'. It would have to be able to remove declining powers from the inner circle... And can you imagine the US and China (let alone Russia) allowing that to be put into place. I agree with Rory that we need a permanent anti-corruption organisation with no political bias. Good luck achieving that.
@SkeletonDrums1
8 ай бұрын
On the point of an aging global population. I've been pondering what this means for pensions and investments, how can the system sustain it's self when the productive part of the involved parties is getting smaller and smaller.
@merlestayne1171
8 ай бұрын
Thank you both for upholding decent values. Without this approach politics is finished. Really support you both and send love and blessings.
@wallacetf
8 ай бұрын
Rory back at it again with a jumper of note
@ecaeas4439
8 ай бұрын
A Lot of importance attached to being a permanent UN security council member for the Uk's clout by a lot of people. Does it actually matter to most people in this country though, besides listing it as a reason why we're still relevant on the global stage? We've been a power in decline for a long time. That was inevitable given we stopped being an empire. There is a lot of influential countries today that don't have a permanent seat. If other members feel we no longer deserve a place given economic, reputational, military decline, then that's fair enough. I think we've lost sight of the importance of a lot of the things about how "great" a country is which don't immediately count towards giving is something to tout about how other countries see us or what clubs we're a part of. Poverty, living standards, the economy, the military, inequality, crime stats are all things this country is not doing well on at the moment.
@uxb1112
8 ай бұрын
Your sideways swipe at "Great" Britain as usual fails to comprehend the "Great" is geographical
@Phil....
8 ай бұрын
Love the Q&As 👍
@HieronymousCheese
8 ай бұрын
I want to hear more from Half Woman, Half Mince Pie. Sounds like a perfect partner!!!
@elspethgibson7625
8 ай бұрын
Good news story is Uraguay's transition to a non fossil economy.
@LesOubliesQuebec
8 ай бұрын
We need to hold platform/medias accountable for Deepfake usage
@JB-tn6ty
8 ай бұрын
Great question about Japan. However, neither of them had anything in their locker to answer it. I am three months into watchng on a weekly basis. They re very comfortable in the personality of westminster politics and have the skill to bring everything back to their pet topics.
@jasonbarnes4488
8 ай бұрын
You should interview with Peter Zeihan about geopolitics
@Yossarian_Lives73
8 ай бұрын
Never forget Rory’saTory! Happy with austerity, toxic environment for legal asylum seekers.
@s6352
8 ай бұрын
Journalism needs to be independent! Politics won’t matter if the public doesn’t have reliable information. Don’t but trash tabloids and support real newspapers like BYLINE NEWS ‼️
@stevenwilliamson6236
3 ай бұрын
Rushdie wrote that he remembered making jokes about what would happen if China invaded India when they were at war. Then he talked to his uncles or whoever and they said there were no such jokes.
@carrigadaashcroft
8 ай бұрын
Why has Alistair Campbells head gone blue green?
@jimb9063
8 ай бұрын
Well done again gents. Some interesting football ideas Alastair, probably best that you "can't quite recall"(!) I imagine giving Belfast a top flight club after the Good Friday Agreement seemed a great idea, and after Wimbledon moved anyway it might have been the better option.
@enawilson3210
8 ай бұрын
I think the world is at a tipping point of no return.far to many players coming forward with desive policy .
@janpetersen7440
8 ай бұрын
Not so many years ago, Great Britain ruled over large parts of the world's countries and cultures. Today, Little Britain is governed by the very different cultures they previously ruled over. A declining power house - for sure.
@geoffwright9570
8 ай бұрын
Why Britain can't just be satisfied with being an independent country that still has some standing in the modern world
@ecaeas4439
8 ай бұрын
How are we "ruled" by the different cultures we previously ruled over? Are you one of those closet racists who claims london isn't an English city anymore and the like?
@janpetersen7440
8 ай бұрын
@@geoffwright9570 Brexit UK's biggest problem is probably the phrase 'independent'. There are no countries today that are independent. Everyone is deeply dependent on each other in a globalized world.
@geoffwright9570
8 ай бұрын
We are a trading country and as long as we have time right goods to trade with that other countries will need then yes we are in a world economy and not alone in it.
@janpetersen7440
8 ай бұрын
@@geoffwright9570 Then it was stupid to opt out of the EU trade union.
@benjaminblakemore9704
8 ай бұрын
Guys... Is Alistair a left hand person? I noticed that he looks up to the right when remembering things, where most people including Rory look up and to the left when remembering....? So interesting the science behind body language 😂😂😂❤❤ love ya boys, kind regards from New Zealand 🇳🇿 😄
@DJWESG1
8 ай бұрын
I don't think thats a thing.
@edwardjons8684
8 ай бұрын
There isn’t much science behind our understanding of body language - not worth reading much into it.
@bevenden68
8 ай бұрын
Hey Alistair. Fancy meeting for coffee outside the Hague sometime?
@missma7882
8 ай бұрын
If politicians put as much effort into running a country instead of playing popularist game we might be a better country instead of this brokem country full of politicans who have their own imterest first and the country second. .
@rodericde876
8 ай бұрын
The trouble with Sunak doing what he believes in is that he only believes in lining his own nest.
@davidwright8432
7 ай бұрын
New Year's resolution for party leaders? Tell the truth; don't equivocate and dodge responsibility. Chance of this happening? Zero.
@brianlamont2482
8 ай бұрын
3:48 is one of the most mental ideas I have ever heard
@jonathanellwood
8 ай бұрын
Yeah Rory, son of a career Civil Servant has a problem with Civil Servants trying to act within the law in the light of the tremendous pressure put on them by "his" previous party. Great. It says everything about his world view.
@ShahNawazKhan-ud4sv
8 ай бұрын
No colonies left to loot any more
@matthewnewberry7275
8 ай бұрын
The UK could give up it's security council position but it is not the UK's to give away.
@Pooky-Cat
8 ай бұрын
How about talking about how the pandemic brought out the best in communities.
@kellyvaters1689
8 ай бұрын
Far be it from me to suggest that the Tories are done forever, but the Tories are done for at least the next generation;the field of Conservative candidates are going to be such a motley crew of single-issue, hyperreactionary misfits that their next three leaders will be look right towards the Speaker without getting a whiff of #10's interior. The distaste of many voters towards all that's happened will linger for a very long time and any further Conservative candidates moving forward will need to be squeaky clean personally to have a chance. As it stands, the Conservative party to be best to write off the next two elections and work on a) building its warchest for election #3 and b) finding someone who actually cares more about Britain and its people than the interests of corporate overlords.
@Yossarian_Lives73
8 ай бұрын
Yeah memory, dossiers, Dr Kelly, understandable. Only an entire region destabilised for decades, not a biggie.
@AlanHamilton-j5i
8 ай бұрын
On diabetes; we need to be "crueler" to diabetics. Diabetics don't take on board the advice given and choke the life out of the NHS by their constant neediness due to their non-acceptance of said advice. A Newcastle study reactivated the pancreas by a closely controlled diet and it worked for many. Why has this not been rolled out when it must be better than drugs which merely manage the, mostly self-inflicted, condition. The savings made on doctors and surgeons would be immense.
@williamcorden2121
8 ай бұрын
In Alistair Cooke's fabulous "America" he did an episode on the UN and made a comment that has stuck with me since the 1970s. In the episode he tells us that, in his opinion, the U.N was born "dead by design" mainly because of veto powers. All these years on, it's been demonstrated time and again that it is a boondoggle of the first order. Members are reluctant to pay their dues and the charitable/social arms are totally ineffective. I suppose we have to keep it, warts and all because it's the only forum where the major powers can talk to one another. How does structural reform come about in organizations like this? We all know the horrible answer.
@NickStone-ov9jr
8 ай бұрын
For all the people who do not understand where politics comes from: It comes from debating societies, these people are schooled and skilled in avoiding the truth of a question to further their agenda, it’s quite simple. They therefore, in political life, have no compunction with prevarication, half truths, deceit, condescendence and utter contempt for the public who they see as dull witted sheep. The truth has no matter and honour is a thing of the past. Wake up people.
@simonspeechley2859
8 ай бұрын
Could you reform HoL by selecting 100 crossbenchers by robust expert only basis plus 88 elected peers (only from remaining peers) using the constituencies of former EP with same electoral method, electors known as Advisors to King, recognising that upper house is supposedly at the patronage of the Sovereign. Plus whole UK seat for a Lord Protector charged with safeguarding the constitution. A monarch called Charles should have his own LP.
@nadiasawicki4108
8 ай бұрын
I thought Charles was the Lord Protector he has the title of defender of the faith.
@simonspeechley2859
8 ай бұрын
@@nadiasawicki4108 I am referring to Oliver! the guy who had no 1’s head removed. I assume you must be American since you don’t seem to instinctually remember British history.
@Vientianelover
8 ай бұрын
France and Russia are also declining powers.
@mikerandall995
8 ай бұрын
What do you think of private secretaires
@jacquelinewhittaker4651
8 ай бұрын
Personal opinion but, I felt that journalists and politicians enjoyed the time - consuming Brexit debates. Who was giving energy and time to ADMINISTERING schools, hospitals, etc ...Please don't have a witch hunt after the next general election. Journalists and disappointed MPs might enjoy its distractions too much. It would be another example of the populist politics Rory and Alister call out, where people are diverted by the stuff which is easy to listen and forget the grown-up solutions and responsibilities.
@stevenlynas8930
8 ай бұрын
A couple of tories having a chat . How cosy!
@perirgensolsson3673
7 ай бұрын
If rory actually think that Sunak shall do the things he cares about,He telling him to hand over the rest of Britains natural resources and whealth to his friends,or grab it forhimself.
@musicman5075
8 ай бұрын
Quick Short term solution to the house of lords problem. 1) Immediately abolish all hereditary peers and bishops from the lords. 2)Cut the number of lifetime peers to 3rd of current number by 3) Calculating a vote share achieved by each political party across the last 3 general elections combined. 4)Based on 2 and 3 above each party gets to nominate a number of peers from the current life peers to sit for the next 10 years in a cut down/ pseudo PR based chamber. The rest are pensioned off (on a means tested basis) Then have 10 years to decide on the upper chamber constitution in the future
@bjrnhjjakobsen2174
8 ай бұрын
The destiny of the Inca empire comes into mind when thinking about the UK.
@hiervi
8 ай бұрын
everything is about land and water thise days. i hate to say it but with the climate dillema, hard autocrats tend to defoult to land and water. PS: i dont tend to state things everyone think, but at some point i have to. keep that in mind next time you vote ey?
@lawrencebishton9071
8 ай бұрын
registered in england or wales now you must pay a security bill the first 2 hrs of the day each day is free for with a £5 an hr after every day for my security service is supplied i will send a picture our cameras with time stamped and dates to all addresses
@Jack.Wilmslow
8 ай бұрын
What happened in Nigeria was atrocious. I really do not understand why there is no reports on it at all.
@stefanlamb1179
8 ай бұрын
I wish Alistair had challenged Rory on gay marriage. The majority of Tory MPs voted against it, and it only passed because Labour voted with the Tory government in favour. Mainstream Tories like Theresa May voted against it and regularly atracked it in the media (though to her credit, she would later admit she was wrong, after voting against). Make no mistake, it was the left that dragged the Tories towards equal marriage, kicking and screaming, and then delivered it at the last hurdle, even in opposition. I'm not prepared to let Rory get away with whitewashing the legacy of the Tories, from Section 28 onwards. Equal marriage is Labour's victory. You don't get to fight it every step of the way and then claim credit when someone else does the right thing for you.
@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp
7 ай бұрын
LOL when you're so in love with the EU that you'd give it your Security Council seat
@IbrahimAli-s7n8r
8 ай бұрын
Do you think UNSC is undemocratic?
@rainblaze.
8 ай бұрын
Getting the "auld firm" to play each other in apposing shirts ? In Belfast !!??? Holy fck !!! I really would have paid good money of anyones account to see that!!! Simply everyone could have died saying that they had finally now "seen it it all" Might have even precipated the second coming lolol Edit: And by THAT i mean the apocalypse 😄😄😄😄😄😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@juliangreaves4727
8 ай бұрын
Dear Rory, will you please untangle your earphone cables 😊
@softshell3454
8 ай бұрын
Sodium batteries. Positive news.
@Quasime42
6 ай бұрын
In another session you comment about how hard it is to remember accurately what's happened even a year ago let alone 10. Also you have bemoaned the problem of documentation by WhatsApp. On that basis surely we need urgent review of some of the murkier happenings over the last ten years. But how would that be organised and given remit to have teeth and be useful ?
@ER1CwC
8 ай бұрын
I’d say that the Japanese culture is now in a ‘things are not the best, but they are good enough, so let’s be cautious and not rock the boat too much’ state.
@songsmith31a
8 ай бұрын
Interesting but uninspiring. The country needs a complete chnage from the recent/current breed of parliamentary politician who has engendered so much distrust in the long-suffering population that sees its concerns dismissed/discounted with such cavalier contempt.
@josephdowling4524
8 ай бұрын
U.K. was fortunate to be a colonial power as the colony generations of people and their children who came to Britain now provide many British Politicians in Westminster which is a great ass et
@carlitoab
8 ай бұрын
Rory is the man to save the UK.
@DJWESG1
8 ай бұрын
He ain't no Cromwell bruv
@RobertThomson-y4m
5 ай бұрын
If he's the answer we need a new question.
@huwzebediahthomas9193
8 ай бұрын
MK Dons - Wimbledon Concrete Cows FC.
@sean.butterworth
8 ай бұрын
What, honestly, is the point of the UN Security Council?
@nicolaablett7790
8 ай бұрын
Agreed UN is a farce we are being gaslighted USA is a fraud
@Logic78600
8 ай бұрын
Waste of space body
@stephenhill545
8 ай бұрын
It is a forum, a place to talk, and that is very important when international tensions are running high.
@Schiltron
8 ай бұрын
AC suggests that we need to be a cultural power. How is that possible in a multicultural society? Do we choose a particular culture to be the face of the UK and pretend that the others don't exist?
@alexandradacunha3221
8 ай бұрын
God help Uk if labour comes in. Wake up England. Try and save your country . !!! Dam it!
@jacquelinewhittaker4651
8 ай бұрын
A wife can't be forced to testify against her husband , Alistair, but ....
@UFOhunter4711
8 ай бұрын
The P5 no longer belong, in reality its mostly the seppos playground + 2 others and France is just there
@ourwetdogs5232
8 ай бұрын
Always leaves me with food for thought which is in itself an achievement - keep up the good work guys 😎
@sookibeulah9331
8 ай бұрын
That you both can talk about the American election and not mention RFK Jr and any impact he will have on it is extraordinary. In battleground states he is the leading candidate with voters under 44 years old. Even if he doesn’t win he’ll distrust it. It’s also interesting you show no concern over how Biden will fare in the debates. They are going to look like elder abuse.
@bernadettesheehy5463
8 ай бұрын
Allastair ...Weapons of mass destruction- Thst Never were..??? Please Respond????
@captainbuggernut9565
8 ай бұрын
Britain is a declining power? In relation to who? We have a larger gdp than Russia or France. Both are UN security members. We are a nuclear armed state. I see no decline? Our population is larger than 50 years ago. This declining stuff is nonsense.
@stephenhill545
8 ай бұрын
I'm more interested in how our citizens live than playing geopolitical games. I Wang yo bd like Sweden, not Russia.
@death_parade
8 ай бұрын
Pssssst. Take a look at the size of your military.
@belnonaodh1520
8 ай бұрын
The UK is no more a "declining power" than France or Russia (and frankly, China and the US aren't as good as their official reports look either). On top of that, the UK forming the League of Nations is perhaps the biggest reason why the UN security council exists now, or even why the UN exists at all. If anyone wants the UK out, the entire UN security council needs a re-think from the ground up
@user-dj3yv6je9n
8 ай бұрын
Britian has to depoly more sub sea cables to canda
@annemoncrieff3875
8 ай бұрын
To the faemale who wants a happier show. Where can they find that news?!
@Nick-xf5hr
8 ай бұрын
Doom depends on how long sunak holds on to power.
@davesy6969
8 ай бұрын
We want xmas jumpers! We want xmas jumpers!
@DeputyChiefWhip
8 ай бұрын
Its funny how much the word “Power” comes up. Power is a pretty disgusting word when it comes to representing humans!
@bernadettesheehy5463
8 ай бұрын
Selective answering of questions..???
@oldskoolmusicnostalgia
8 ай бұрын
Britain is no USA or China, whether to use soft power is not an option the country has but something it simply needs to learn... which would go against centuries of military conquests and using strength against foes. Not an easy transition. And a century where the likes of India are gaining prominence at the expense of the UK's traditional US and European allies bodes very, very badly for Britain.
@markwalker9147
8 ай бұрын
I do love how people including Rory and Alastair feel sorry for school teachers. They are so unironic and no one ever points out that the teachers expose the pupils to exactly the same sort of inspection, performance test and pressure through exams. we expect 16 & 18 year olds to cope ….
@JonniePolyester
8 ай бұрын
The biggest threat is actually a hung parliament… nightmare. Unless Labour make more progress in Scotland it a very really possibility
@dianastevenson131
8 ай бұрын
If Labour make a coalition with the Lib Dems and Greens in parliament that could be a good thing. But UK politicians seem too egotistical to work with other parties, the way they do in most of Europe.
@Nom_AnorVSJedi
8 ай бұрын
India should inherit Britain’s seat on the UN Security Council permanent seat while the EU should get France’s. It’s only fair and accurately reflect global power.
@NikoHL
8 ай бұрын
India..? With that crack head Modi in charge if his country? No thanks...
@jimb9063
8 ай бұрын
Fair shout. It's a different world to when it was created. I believe there's always been temporary members on the SC, which have been increased in number since the start, progress of a sort. Obviously, nations would be reluctant to give up the contemporary unrealistic looking position that they had at the end of WW2 and since. Big changes to international relations usually only happen after serious issues or conflict though, when countries have no choice but to relinquish former power. Hope we can avoid this in the future as the world turns yet again.
@tisFrancesfault
8 ай бұрын
That really doesnt make sense. India lacks any power projection, nor desires to project power. These two fact render it silly to suggest such. And Regarding France and the EU, again, France is the only EU member with the means and willingness to project power, as well as being a recognised Nuclear weapon power. Its sully to elevate the EU, if the only real reason the EU has any relevance atm is due to France in regards to the UNSC.
@Nom_AnorVSJedi
8 ай бұрын
@@tisFrancesfault the economies of India and the EU are already Top 5. Face reality, or reality will face you.
@Nom_AnorVSJedi
8 ай бұрын
@@jimb9063 either the UN reflects actual world geopolitics or it becomes obsolete. The replacement is China/USA co-dominion.
@peteratkin3788
7 ай бұрын
The real issue is that people have lost the ability to think critically; how can someone tell you that night is day and day is night? does not matter what proof they give you; your common sense should kick in; that being said, when there is a slight misrepresentation of the facts without context that agrees with your bias, I can see that being problematic, ultimately people have to grow up.
@JoyceTenerife
8 ай бұрын
New Year Resolution for Starmer and Sunak …..retire!
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