512. Trump’s Iran Disaster and the GB News Propaganda Machine
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Thanks for listening to The Rest Is Politics. To support the podcast, listen without the adverts and get early access to episodes and live show tickets, go to therestispolitics.com. That's therestispolitics.com. It's been so catastrophic for Trump not to have had a very clear objective about what he was trying to achieve. You don't have a moral obligation to do what you can't do. If you can't fix it, then don't try, because you'll often make things worse. Most leaders in the world try to do statecraft, but Trump only does stagecraft. Iran has now demonstrated that it can at will shut down neighboring economies, close the straits before moves. Iran, in a sense, now feels more powerful. And that means there'll be pressure on Israel and the US to just keep going.
This is going to be terrible for the economy in Britain and Europe and around the world.
Welcome to The Restless Politics with me, Rory Stewart.
What catastrophic failures of regulation are discussed regarding Trump's actions in Iran?
And with me, Alistair Campbell. And Rory, today we're going to talk about Iran. But unlike recent weeks, not the whole programme, we're going to talk about two catastrophic failures of regulation. Of our water on the back of an astonishing TV programme, Dirty Business, and also Ofcom, who I've tried to give the benefit of the doubt to, but they're total blind eye to GB News becoming what even Andrew Neil now calls Reform TV. In, I think, total breach of the law that Ofcom is meant to uphold. But Rory, before we start, you know how your mum is like the big influence on this podcast in your family? Well, with me, it's my kids, the younger generation. Very good. So Grace sends me this message. Dad, podcast is fab, mainly because of Rory Obvs.
But you guys need to do more small talk. It's all so heavy. Trump, Trump, Trump, war, war, war. You need a bit of bants at the start, like, hey, Rory, how you been? What you been up to? Anything weird going on in your life? Otherwise, she says, you'll have people jumping off bridges before they get to the break. LOL. So FFS, lighten things up a bit. Laugh emoji, love emoji. But I think she's got a little bit of a point. Let's get to you and what you like listening to. Let's say you went to something and you were looking for an update on Iran on the news and you heard two middle-aged blokes talking about their holiday. You're absolutely right. It's true. The podcast that I listen to where they do that stuff, I do go 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds.
That's true. But I think for younger people, because people go on about, you know this because we get stopped and people talk to each other, they're interested in our relationship and the dynamic of So I think that's what she means.
How does Trump’s foreign policy impact the global economy?
Do you think we could do a very, very short one so it's not too self-indulgent? Because to be honest, What's Happening in the World is a little bit more interesting than You and Me. No, but for example, she was saying like this week, talk about whether you're happy with the Oscars. So I'm very happy that one battle after another won. Okay, I'm very happy obviously that Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamlet. And that the Irish government flew out her family. That was nice. Very good. I was very happy with Sean Penn that he went to see Zelensky rather than go to the ceremony. Grace probably thinks that's me being too political already. I think she's got a little bit of a point. And also, here's one for you.
So, as you know, I'm obsessed with music. Yep. And I've given up on ever, ever, ever trying to persuade you to get into football. But I'm still hopeful on music. Well, we were talking about it this morning. We were. Because your sons are getting a bit interested, which is good. Yeah. But I want to give a big plug to two things that I've been following this week. One is Louis Theroux. He's done this amazing documentary on the Manosphere. And he's got such an amazing kind of earnest manner, hasn't he? Oh, he's brilliant. He's brilliant at getting people to dig their own graves. And he sort of plods around looking really earnest and slightly depressed.
What are the implications of GB News being described as a propaganda machine?
And it works brilliantly.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:56
2
What catastrophic failures of regulation are discussed regarding Trump's actions in Iran?
0:56–2:32
3
How does Trump’s foreign policy impact the global economy?
2:32–3:37
4
What are the implications of GB News being described as a propaganda machine?
3:37–4:17
5
How do the hosts critique the privatization of England's water system?
4:17–21:18
6
What are the health risks associated with England's water quality?
21:18–23:38
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What evidence is presented regarding sewage spills and public health?
23:38–25:20
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How do the hosts relate media regulation failures to the water crisis?
25:20–1:09:32
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