Alistair Campbell

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Welcome to the Restless Politics with me, Alistair Campbell.

And with me, Rory Stewart.

Back from his holiday.

I mean, if we just step back, so what are we in the seventh week now, seven weeks into this war?

And of course, it was meant to be resolved in Islamabad.

You said the talks went on for 21 hours and Vance talked of this being a marathon.

It's just worth remembering, Bill Clinton and his team spent nine months before Arafat and Rabin finally shook hands before Oslo.

Richard Holbrooke spent five months before they got anywhere close to the Dayton Accords.

I've been trying to work out when George Mitchell first came on the scene for the head of the Good Friday Agreement.

I think it was 22 months.

And this is classic Trump.

I've got a ceasefire.

The Pakistanis have helped us.

I'm going to send J.D.

Vance and it's all going to be done.

And they give up because Iran didn't fold on day one.

And meanwhile, just to underline how utterly unserious they are, Trump...

And Rubio, who seems to me these days just to be kind of glorified bag carrier, they're a UFC fight.

It's not even a fight.