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Rory Stewart

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The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

I'll tell you what that means in a minute.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

Just to give you the context, Zach Polanski, who Rory had a really interesting spiky spat in this very studio when Zach Polanski was sitting here.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

And Jeremy Corbyn, who Rory described in his book on politics as a man with beautiful ears.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

You want to address your daughter.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

Were they coming more... I get the sense they were coming more from your mother's side than your father's side.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

And that was because he wouldn't condemn communism, though he wasn't a communist.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

You've described for both of your parents quite extraordinary punishment for existing and punishment for their views at various stages.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

So at one point, Greece was kind of such a mess, they decided you should come to England to be educated.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

Your dad decided that.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

Okay.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

And you went to the University of Essex.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

And I know that you are both – you've studied economics and taught economics all your life.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

But you've also – you decided that actually economics there wasn't very good.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

The teaching wasn't very good.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

And you went into maths.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

Why doesn't it apply to real life?

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

And of humanity.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

So far.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

I hope you're right.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading
187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

I'm going to say something now which is going to really endear you to our more left-leaning listeners and viewers, of which we have a fair few.