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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

And he said, well, he smoked pot when he was a student.

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

And then when he was in Australia, he was once out at some – it was a Kylie Minogue concert, and somebody gave him an ecstasy pill, and he took it, and it meant he could dance for 16 hours.

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

He's now been charged sort of decades later, and he said this was announced –

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

I mean, this makes you worry.

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

We had the interview with Mitsotakis.

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

I think we both found Mitsotakis very impressive, modern European leader.

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

But this was like ministers were going out on television saying that he had to be charged for promoting drug use.

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

And he has now been indicted.

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

And also, he said that he described the current government.

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

He said what Mitsotakis has done essentially is...

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

It's like Badenoch basically hoovering up reform.

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

Mitsotakis has given some of his far-right positions in the cabinet, including some of the positions, some of these guys that have gone out and said he should be prosecuted.

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

So I said to him, well, look, do you think if Badenoch or another Tory leader and Farage ended up running a coalition government after the next election here, do you think this kind of thing would happen?

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

He said, absolutely.

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

And he said, look at America.

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

Anyway, there we are.

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

I think he's a very interesting guy.

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

I last saw him in...

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

We were at the same event in Australia and he has got a bit of a kind of

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

He's got a global following now, partly because his books are genuinely interesting.