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Alistair Campbell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

And also, we discovered that we do have some reform supporters who listen to the podcast, probably so they can shout at us.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

But even so, we do have some.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Now, I think, look, the answer to the question, Roy, is that Trump has created his own media ecosystem.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

And that's what Farage is trying to do in the UK.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Trump has Fox News and the MAGA people.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

That's their safe haven.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Farage has GB News.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Farage has several newspapers that absolutely give him the easiest ride in the world.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

As Vinod says, Tice's interview, where he just behaves like a child, gets zero coverage.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

This is a guy who's going to, if reform become the government, he's going to be a very, very serious figure.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

There's these amazing videos doing the rounds online of some of these reform counsellors.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

who basically, the one that's really sort of, I think, please stop selling it to me, people, is the one where the woman who says, you know, I don't know what a constitution is.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

I don't understand what a standing order is.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

And she's leading a council.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

So you've got all these councillors are falling by the wayside.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

But do you see any of that in most of the media?

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

No.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

So basically, Farage thinks if you just ignore this stuff, he'll go away.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Now, if I were him, if I were Nigel Farage, and I would...