Alistair Campbell

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2,336 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 10 Jun

Alistair Campbell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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But he seems to be rewarded on both fronts.

So it just shows you stand up for big, bold things and you can win.

If the book, which is truly brilliant, is ever turned into a film, I think the title could be Freya.

I think Freya, the erotic model, is in some ways the most interesting character in the whole damn thing.

She's the one, without giving too much away, she's the one who puts the bomb on the bloody pipeline.

Amazing.

It is a truly, truly brilliant non-fiction book that reads like a novel, and it's absolutely brilliant.

So I'm glad we've got old Bojan in the newsletter.

Now, Rory, you wanted to talk about Millet, Cristina from Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina.

Argentina is now allowing AI systems to incorporate its companies with no humans behind them and no one to hold accountable.

Is this the most reckless legal experiment in modern history or just the first of many countries to race to the bottom on AI accountability?

My God, that is quite a story.

Yeah, so is Peter Thiel involved in this?

Peter Thiel who's flitted to Argentina because apparently he doesn't feel terribly safe in America.

Well, non-cod history.

You mentioned William Dalrymple and his East India Company book.

It's called The Anarchy.

Strongly recommended.

And you get a flavor from that title of Willie's view of how things went.

And I suspect, I've not heard him much on AI, but I suspect he sees rapaciousness being...

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