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[@HPB1776]

I've been an emergency medicine consultant for almost 20 years at a Major Trauma centre. The number of young people (particularly males) I've seen severely / fatally injured and (injuring others) when driving with friends is heartbreaking. I absolutely agree that the laws must be tightened for these young drivers. I love your podcast, absolutely fantastic! Thank you.

[@Jack-yg7de]

Define "young people". Many young people simply cannot afford to drive, by the time they can they're over any age restriction that may apply. Bringing in any rule like this would be another draconian measure to limit people's freedom. What about all the young carers who need to drive to improve their own lives and the lives of those they care? They should remain locked indoors? Proper policing is what's required, not daft laws to penalise citizens based on their age.

[@UTubeSL]

Incredible job to do! Huge, huge credit to you.

[@twolessba1087]

@@Jack-yg7de ">>more freedom >>waffle >>better policing" care to explain how those two things are possible?

[@Jack-yg7de]

@@twolessba1087 if you're suggesting wider freedoms and better policing are mutually exclusive that's something you need to square with your own lack of intelligence. I can't do that for you unfortunately. You take care now.

[@twolessba1087]

@@Jack-yg7de no I'm suggesting you regurgitate word salad from right wing talking heads because you felt threatened surrounding the discussions around young people driving.

[@Kelly-jl3gc]

canada here...graduated licensing, visible tag with letter that indicates level of driver, limited passengers, hours, roadways, etc. depending on your current level of experience. And in BC where I live, actual crashed vehicles from accidents of young people are taken to highschools before graduation for demonstration with police, paramedics etc to do a very impactful presentation of risk of death and injury to inexperienced drivers . It's literally life saving.

[@philipellis7039]

When I was a new probation officer in the 1990s a lot of the work was with young men and much of the thinking was that if we could get them to 25 without them causing serious harm to themselves or others that was a job well done. After that they either stopped getting into that kind of trouble or had become ‘hardened criminals’ or likely to die young. But glad to know it all had a scientific basis!

[@Gee-xb7rt]

I like the way you use "them", when I tell people how engrained racism is culture there is it, there is a named Edward Bernays, prominent Zword. In about 1920 he would leave Klan meetings and to speak at the NAACP. I don't think people realize how much the western message is controlled. Why are Arabs evil?

[@coralraven4780]

Loving this show - talking truth for a change - good debates! No posturing, honest and down to earth! Gives a good insight into politics and what’s happening in the world.

[@yuzmo]

Great podcast. Cannot stress enough, let’s see the big picture made of little or big things coming our way. It is still the same picture. Thank you Rory and Alister for keeping it real for us at all times.

[@mtb5778]

I work in the NHS and I have seen so much money wasted. The Govt's don't seem to grasp how GP services work and so the money gets pocketed by GPs instead of being put into patient care. One example now is GPs are being paid extra money to offer out of hours appointments. In reality they 'lift and shift' appointments. Appointments which used to be in the day are now after 6pm. No additional appointments. More money in GPs pockets. Primary care networks are another massive system open to abuse. The Govt should specify in the GP contract that for every 1000 patients the practice need to provide x amount of Dr appts, nurse appts, HCA appts, Physician associate appts etc... Otherwise GPs can build up large patient lists and get paid more money as a result but not offer more appointments so waiting times increase.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Psychological tests during Vietnam War - best soldiers were 19. They tended to more risk taking, by far. Least remorse, mind rumination.

[@USMC-Goforth]

Im from Texas and it was definitely interesting to hear opinions from across the pond.

[@msulemanf]

Very happy this show exists and is making me think more broadly. I hope to hear more talented politicians of all persuasions and also advisors/policy makers/historians/statisticians/economists/bankers/social scientists (whoever) describe and make a case for their various policies/strategies/explanations in this long form interview/discussion format.

[@jameslind7299]

Thanks guys, thoroughly enjoy your content.

[@gmart225]

Amazing podcast. I am a recent immigrant in the UK and this really acculturates me in local politics.

[@williambrown5966]

Great project. You are chaps are well above current policy makers.

[@mtb5778]

The health service needs to be taken out of political control.

[@jacquelinewhittaker4651]

St Andrews had no traffic lights either when we were students there in the 1970s. And roundabout discipline was a bit iffy. When an elderly retired don gave my future husband and I a lift into town from a hall of residence, she talked, she set off when he was only half way into the back seat, and then took the shorter way around the roundabout when she wanted to turn right. So students aren't the only risk takers. Elderly dons too!

[@FourTetTrack]

Thanks for mentioning "In Love with the World" by Mingyur Rinpoche. I strongly recommend to attend one of his teachings on meditation (he has several online), his way of explaining meditation (and love, compassion and empathy) are incredible clear and inspiring.

[@justgeneric2876]

Further the production of medical supplies should be within the UK as much as possible or sourced directly from manufactures rather then indirectly as it is now

[@davidpearn5925]

Highlight of the day chaps !!!

[@margaretmcnamee6411]

In October 2023, inflation amounted to 3.2 percent, while wages grew by 5.2 percent in the USA The crime issue is very difficult to manage when the Republicans in the House of Representatives want to defund the FBI

[@edwardliversidge3911]

love this podcast! i'd like to see them have a longer chat about migration. theres obviously some negetives and such thing as too much immigration and many bad policies that don't help assimilation. it would be great if they explored this

[@TRippon2000]

Every state that I have lived in in the US only allow only a certain number of passengers under 18.

[@mtb5778]

found the leading interviews! strange they never showed up in my feed when I am subscribed to this channel. turned on all notifications.

[@underoathuea]

In a world where the media (both social and mainstream) are focused on numbing our minds, it's nice to see some balanced debate, which doesn't patronise the viewer.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Alastairs Aussprache war diese Woche viel besser als zuvor. Hervorragend 👍🇨🇵.

[@johnhopkins4920]

Aussprache mit 2 s …

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@johnhopkins4920 Vielen Dank, John. Sie haben Recht. 🤦

[@johnhopkins4920]

@@andrewrobinson2565Keine Ursache! 👍😀

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@Dc2323dc]

You should make it easier for everyone to find the leading podcasts.

[@susanb4816]

Rory said care work and picking fruit is low skilled? Both are highly skilled in fact which is why you cannot get brits to fill the posts Pay people a living wage and give them the skills to do the necessary work

[@UTubeSL]

Same experience in cars when I was a teenager. Some truly awful and scary driving. Very wise suggestion about limited passenger numbers.

[@johnwright9372]

Alastair is absolutely correct about gambling. It is very similar to addiction and horribly destructive to addicts and their families. Gambling has no limit. Around the periphery are always predatory lenders. The former Macau casino king Stanley Ho very openly and infamously said about the gamblers "they always lose."

[@sookibeulah9331]

Gambling is not similar to an addiction it is an addiction. Just as there are people who can drink small amounts as and when there are people who can gamble as and when without it being a problem. Both alcohol and gambling destroyed lives. Addiction is not a substance is due to dependency on damaging or destructive behaviour. An addict is someone who compulsively repeats a behaviour despite severe negative consequences - especially after promising to themselves and/or others it won’t happen again. The behaviour can be anything - drinking, taking drugs, gambling, porn, sex, shopping work, video games, food, video games, social media ….. the behaviour is used by the addict to numb feelings and gets progressively worse.

[@OliverJWeber]

Regarding limiting the number of passengers young drivers can take with them, while I can see the reasoning behind this, this would severely limit the mobility of young people especially in rural areas, and it totally goes against the concept of having a designated driver.

[@alexpotts6520]

If you wanted to improve the road safety of young drivers (a laudable goal, of course), probably more stringent driving tests would be a better way to do it IMO.

[@matthewblairrains6032]

We have some of the most stringent driving tests in the world how would they be harder@@alexpotts6520

[@Jack-yg7de]

​@@alexpotts6520 spot on. The way people drive on motorways is shocking and to think that isn't part of any lessons or testing is alarming.

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

​@@Jack-yg7dePoint of order, t think learners are now allowed to be taken on motorways by their instructors (I think it has to be in a dual control car) but I don't know if this is compulsory or not.

[@50palmyra]

Would love to get a beer with Alastair and Rory

[@mtb5778]

I was watched a podcast called Damien Talks Money about taxation. The Government gave the Bank of England independence in setting the interest rates. It struck me we need another body or part of the BoE to take over taxation. Our tax system is just crazy and no political party will ever have the courage to change it.

[@sookibeulah9331]

Interesting idea but so you are saying the electorate should not have a say in how they are taxed and who taxes them. That’s what lead to the American revolution.

[@charlesmoss8119]

For me migration is purely economics - do we have large numbers of economically unproductive people in the uk? once they are gainfully employed you use migration to fill gaps at all levels. If there are economically unproductive in the uk - bringing in low cost labour from overseas disincentivises us to sort out a problem in society. I have also never seen any studies to understand the level of economic productivity people coming to the uk deliver - for example after 1 3 and 5 years how many are not working? Also what services and benefits are they and any family that came with them using? This should then be assessed alongside contribution and tax take etc. I personally believe that people who come to this country really strive to build good lives - it’s why they did it - but we should show everyone how much they benefit the economy and shatter what may be a myth that they take rather then contribute to the system.

[@alexpotts6520]

There's certainly a large number of people who insist immigrants are simultaneously undercutting the job market and lazing about on benefits. It can't be both!

[@shuaib602]

For decades parties have used discourse around migration as a scapegoat to deflect from their awful policies, and lack lack of investment in its citizens (educations/ skills that are relevant to the work force) and really tackling inequality within society, that it why governments don’t talk about the benefits of migration!

[@andrewrobinson2565]

I really enjoy you talking about your favourite books. I'm reading a PhD thesis by R. Baxell about the British Battalion of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War (t'internet PDF) 😮👍.

[@VolkerWünsch-n5h]

The Author of "Wie wir wurden was wir sind" is Heinrich August Winkler. Winkler is one of the most respected German Historics.. The Book is briefly about the History from about 18th century till today. I read the book a few weeks ago and can also recommend it.

[@williambrown5966]

Misspell. Great discussion

[@RaysTrack]

A plug here (for no comments are allowed on the video), for 'Rory Stewart OBE: "Failed States - and How Not to Fix Them". Can we have a new centre party that includes Rory , Anna Soubry and Sam Gyimah please.

[@jimq369]

2:44 i don’t know if the podcast hosts will read this. I love this podcast! However, I am a Canadian and work with traffic. So many times I hear Canada does this and that. In Canada the provinces have a bigger reach over their own traffic laws/ health services/education etc than some countries. So the fact that Canada restricts youth sadly is not true everywhere. For example Alberta where I live you can get a learners license at 14. This restricts you to driving with family and certain times of the day. But it also allows you to drive up to a 50cc moped unaccompanied. Once you are 16 you go for a driver’s test then you can drive normally. They got rid of the third test. Sorry for the long winded comment but generalizing Canada’s response happens a lot on this show. The power split between federal and provincial is very different. And how close they work depends on the conservative/ liberal/ NDP provincial governments makeup.

[@mtb5778]

Just bought Life in the Balance by Jim Down. Other excellent medical book I enjoyed include Henry Marsh 'Do No Harm'.

[@leighgoodwin1726]

Excellent podcast, as usual. On Brexit and John Curtis poll analysis - do all the young people in favour of rejoining the EU know what they’re voting for? Ha, ha. But seriously - what sort of EU membership are we talking about? what will the UK’s net financial contribution have to be? what freedoms (there inevitably will be many) will have to be given up? can we look forward to our economy growing in line with Germany and France? If net migration is an a peak now, what will it be if we sign up to freedom of movement? If it’s all so popular, why isn’t Starmer setting out a clear policy on Europe? And don’t you think that Labour is culpable for the mess - Corbyn as leader, voting against May’s deal, not opting for a general election in the summer of 2019 when Boris was all over the place trying to perogue parliament, etc? Leigh. Reigate

[@Tom-vm6zj]

I for one look forward to the UK government losing its post-Brexit "freedoms" which it is currently taking advantage of to strip its citizens of their privacy as per provisions in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, with doubtless more of the same to follow. "Freedom for the pike is death for the minnows."

[@BodyOpt]

The hosts appear to use the terms migration and immigration interchangeably. My understanding is that they are two distinct entities?

[@theonlycaulfield]

Immigration is just migration into a country, so if they are solely talking about immigration they could be used interchangably.

[@rhodrijames7962]

The LibDems have always had trouble getting represented on panels like Question Time, even when we were in coalition. I'm fairly sure that you're right and the media deliberately ignore them in favour of the far right.

[@neilmclean5684]

The Liberal party in Canada speaks quite openly about their support for immigration. as they form the current government they point out the need for it for our continued economic growth at the moment I think Canadians generally support this stance

[@justgeneric2876]

For the public service the import point is to know where privitisation does not help. If the companys providing medicine doing R&D are private the costs will grow and they will put on pressure ot encourage medicine. So that part of the chains should not be. As much of the staff including the temporary workers should be in house this would remove the costs wasted on agencies that halve workers salaries. Not everyone can do 9/5 5 days a week but having that in house will lower excess expenditure. Doing the same for education will reduce the temporary vacume, Doing that will lower that respective cost area by 33%. With medicine most of the cost is to fund R&D and dividends so public drug company for essentials is necessary. Reform is necessary especially in how money is mobilised towards future use.

[@chriscornwell9684]

Thanks for this podcast. On immigration, I’d love to hear some deeper analysis on the impact immigration has on the population of the UK. We should be considering the overall population numbers and the age demographic. I think a closer look would help us see what a great opportunity we have to utilise all these young willing workers and incoming undergraduate students to help us with our economic and productivity challenges.

[@gailhill5734]

Health service can never improve efficiency until social care issues are resolved. Social care is as big a market but no real effort to deal with issues

[@iandeumayne-jones1557]

Just finished your book Rory, Politics On the Edge. Great read and rather sad and worrying. If our country is left in the hands of the devious, elitist idiots who care only for themselves as you have very clearly explained, we are in deep, deep trouble. I can fully understand why you don't want to go back, but a foresee, if not hope that after another 4 years with Starmer you'll have no choice but to return. I for one, will be very happy and a lot more confident in the future if you do.

[@eatonmje27]

The Labour Party didn’t take a hard line on tobacco sponsorship with F1

[@williambrown5966]

Great show. If you bring 1.2 million people into the country in 1 year ... Health etc is gone

[@sookibeulah9331]

Unless of corse they are all medical professionals….. but then we have the same problem of no one to pick fruit & veg or provide care.

[@Tripleexel]

What is the republican plan to address cost of living?

[@eattherich9215]

They are too busy making fools of themselves trying to prosecute the "Biden crime family" with zero evidence. 😂😂😂

[@scottrudnicki-bayne3387]

The SNP have consistently given the +ves for migration, Scotland needs migrants

[@nealjones9841]

During the discussion about a third party alternative the usual two suspects were rolled out - greens & lib-dems. Why are the social democratic party never mentioned, could it be that supporters of the two main parties recognise that they could be a serious contender if they were given the same on air mentions as the others?

[@nicholasarrow2443]

Errr ... because nobody's ever heard of them?

[@jamessadler5073]

I Rory could do with some context around addiction and what it is. "is it a real addiction" Only a few forms of addictive behaviour include drugs or alcohol and many drugs do not cause physical dependence. Addiction is not well understood, in terms of where do bad habits end and addiction start, and the whole field is polluted with the stigma attached to drugs and alcohol. If you ever have a slow week fancy a chat!

[@dougtsax]

You need to turn up the sound more, especially Rory's.

[@jawadahmady2308]

perfect german pronunciation Alastair I am amazed, I was born in Germany and mine is not as accurate as yours

[@mtb5778]

Gambling is so damaging to society. I see so many people with gambling addiction.

[@kashmone9y99]

Reforms not on productivity but on the dodgy pfi contracts and nhs should develop their own drugs

[@alexpotts6520]

Unfortunately patent law exists. It would be literally illegal for the NHS to manufacture its own drugs in many instances. Not a lot that you can do about that.

[@kashmone9y99]

Follow what India do to stop profiteering off drugs by artificial price increases.. Also I said develop their own drugs... half of these companies use nhs data and patients as guinea pigs

[@johnwright9372]

In love with the world sounds like Herman Hess's Sidartha, the story of Buddha.

[@SueSmith-g7e]

Listening to Rory Stewart always reminds me that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Entirely selective lists of reasons why certain problems exist, from to productivity.

[@benjaminblakemore9704]

Yay, a person with my last name, hi sara jane. B..... im Benjamin Liam. B.... 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@DeanRTaylor]

I feel like the 'percentage of public spending' figure doesn't tell me what i need to know. If spending is cut in all areas the percentage of public spending that is the nhs would be higher but not mean more investment. It certainly feels like there are lots of cuts across the board so perhaps you could dig into it a little more.

[@catmonarchist8920]

The only person in my family registered to vote is my mum 😂

[@catmonarchist8920]

What happened to AV+ Alistair? Could have had some electoral reform under your lot and it was a manifesto commitment

[@murraymusic2633]

I've argued we should restrict young drivers for years... even sensible 'mature' males 17-22 are prone to poor decision-making and risk-taking behaviour. For their sake the law ought to be strengthened.

[@denisesanders5589]

We need proportional representation for a start.

[@gammamaster1894]

I really really genuinely think that the Conservative's best bet would be to abandon the Thatcherite economic policies for a more balanced economic policy, and place most of their emphasis on cultural conservatism. I think that is a recipe that was starting to form under Johnson (before he was outed for the final time as a dishonourable brat), and could really take the Conservatives far. Almost a sort of noblesse oblige paternalism in terms of the economy, green and pleasant policies from a conservationist, let's-not-pollute-our-homeland perspective, and perhaps most importantly a return to some old-fashioned values like integrity and honour. It might sound like an incredibly outdated recipe, but I think it's a stream of thought that lies at the heart of the Conservative party but has been decaying since Thatcher.

[@eattherich9215]

The neoliberal agenda has been thoroughly discredited. The poor, and increasingly those whose education should have given them an advantage, are being stepped on and over by the corporations given power by our politicians.

[@nicholasbethell2921]

Not all taxes are at an all time high, the rich pay income tax at half the rate they paid in the 1950s and 60s.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Paying off war debt concentrated the mind, then

[@hamsterminator]

It’s extremely simplistic to say the rich paid double in tax what they do today. It omits: the nature of post war Britain, the fact that the tax bands were very different, there was a wholly different tax structure to what there is today, that the effective rate of tax was in some cases in excess of 95%(!!) and that in the 1950/60s you couldn’t as easily up and move somewhere else that taxed less, as you can today. Good luck keeping any professionals in this country if you start taxing them 95% of their income…

[@nicholasbethell2921]

Simplistic but true. @@hamsterminator

[@ravindra7791]

​@@hamsterminatorAbsolutely spot on. Even now the tax rate for anyone on a good job is over 50% and it's fair to say after that a large part of health and education is not usable (depends where one lives and a bit of luck) People who can will leave, companies will leave etc

[@nicholasbethell2921]

I think your suggestion of a 95% tax is a bit steep, but the richest in our society could reasonably be expected to pay more than 45%.@@hamsterminator

[@VolkerWünsch-n5h]

"Wie wir wurden was wir sind" How we became what we are (now)

[@jorgemassa5544]

But you didn´t mention Boris Johnson a single time! so congrats :)

[@TheMighty_T]

Young people in Europe (I've lived in France for about a decade now) have been radicalised to the far-right in worrying numbers. Putin has been supporting this shift because he knows the internal threat of divisions this shift will result in, and it's true the growing lack of concern for European unity is on the rise also. He is playing a smart game, and the corruption of power seems too hard for the extreme right powers in Europe to resist, we should all be very concerned.

[@KrissCunningham]

"Happy days"

[@Rjhs001]

Before I get to my point let me just say how much I love this podcast and also Rory, how much I enjoyed Politics On The Edge which I finished five minutes ago. Now, on the matter of immigration, I was recently introduced to Sir Thomas Moore's speech to the rioting Londoners from Shakespeare's play, Sir Thomas Moore. Written over 400 years ago and still resonates with relevance. As usual, Will' had all humanity at the end of his pen.

[@otsoko66]

The play was not written by Shakespeare - except maybe 3 pages inserted later and which (to be fair) are very Shakespeare-like.

[@Rjhs001]

@@otsoko66 That's a fair point but the speech in question is believed to be by Shakespeare.

[@111doomer]

Taking Alistairs' comments on gambling into account does he think that Labour made a mistake when deregulating the gambling industry?

[@Irisishunter]

The benefits of migration in Rotherham perhaps?

[@reekiereekie7264]

The reason the NHS is costing so much is because lots of it is privatised and so costing much more to pay there profits

[@GrahamRead101]

It’s just not that simple. If a private supplier can provide a service at £100 / patient vs the nhs at £150 / patient, which is the better value? Even though the private supply takes a profit. Of course almost all GP practices are private, and many (most?) consultants self employed.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

@@GrahamRead101You are correct, however, the NHS remunerates GP practices according to formulae worked out by the D of H and agreed with the BMA, just as it does (where appropriate) NHS dentists and privatised Opticians (where patients are entitled to free or reduced NHS services). Remuneration does not really provide for profit in those circumstances, rather it’s based on what it costs on a not for profit basis.

[@GrahamRead101]

@@buzzukfiftythree gps are certainly not ‘not for profit’.

[@peromalmstrom7668]

So Alastair wants to lower voting age to help Labour, but for everything else, young people are not allowed freedoms to do anything below 25. Now you couldn't make that-up & now its evidenced why normal people know why no-one believes politicians or advisors.

[@Subtleknife12367]

Whilst I'm sure Rory would be a pleasant individual to converse with, his policies as a Conservative baffle me. His answer to people getting old is "immigration". Just ignoring the huge social, homogeneity and financial issues this creates, immigrants get old too and we will need an ever increasing budget to cover an ever increasing population. No one seems to actually have a solution to the issue. Importing lots of foreigners is not only harmful to our society but also harms the societies we take from too. It would seem to me that before we talk about immigration we need to decide what population size the UK should be. Then we can plan our services around that. Having an ever increasing population with no stop just seems like madness.

[@damienmaguire8498]

What do you think about taxing the robots and machines/technology that is replacing people?

[@hermanblinkhoven1856]

Sorry to post somehting off topic. According to the FT I read today, me viewing this video, is proof I am someone who cannot be bothered to read or study topics in-depth. Why is this unjust criticism even possible, without a forceful, broad counter-narative?

[@jumpingalaxies951]

The NHS needing reform is true, what it truly needs is to reverse 13 years of more miss management. Rory scares me as when he says reform, what he really means is privatisation.

[@alexpotts6520]

This paranoia is why the NHS will never get reform no matter how badly it needs it.

[@jumpingalaxies951]

@@alexpotts6520 and you're the reason it will continue it's slow transformation into privatisation.

[@alexpotts6520]

@@jumpingalaxies951 So, what would it take for you to trust someone that they really did want to improve the healthcare people receive in this country? Beyond "not be a Tory" - Keir Starmer has also spoken of NHS reform - would you trust him on the issue?

[@jumpingalaxies951]

As I said, reform needs to be financial, it needs to be structure, it needs to be how it is run, it needs to be to protect it from chronic underfunding - but it will be paired with privatisation, justified because of the situation it is in, due to the horror show the people wanting to sell it have orchestrated. It will be the post office sale scandal on steroids, and with consequences for the far reaching history of our country. @@alexpotts6520

[@betsomo4807]

Oh great Tory solution to homeless hand them copies of In Love With The World, and then arrest people for meditating,especially in tents

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

32:45 - Sounds like Minnesota - The US capital of hogs, it is. Thanks Kris for the education - snort.

[@docastrov9013]

You haven't both flown in separate jets to Dubai, then?

[@soggymoggytravels]

Title correction: “African American” shouldn’t be hyphenated.

[@kevinduggan201]

I love these podcasts, really interesting. I would be interested too see what people on here think. With regards to the discussion on Brexit, have Brexiteers fallen into the same trap as the government did in 2016? By this I mean Brexiteers love to laud it over the government that they failed to read the room especially in the north, which is partly why Brexit happened. With all the demographic data on yoing people's opinions on Brexit, and the fact that parties such as Reform UK, and the Tory right have not even attempted to court the youth vote, or convince them that it was a gold idea, are they relying on weak talking points like We won and 17 million people voted for it,.to act as some intergenerational block on a vote to rejoin once the youth become the dominant voting block in say 10 years time? Because when I point this out to Brexit voters or reform candidates near me I am met with stoney silence, as tho the cat has started talking too them.....which tells me 1 those people are quite stupid and 2 there is a general sense of 2016 esque apathy or indifference to the youth vote growing up and voting

[@Blackcomanche]

Did you guys consider inviting David Axelrod over?

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Donald sounds like my brother - pointless trying to discuss gambling with them types, something to do with lack of dopamine in the brain, or something. They need a hit often to rise it.

[@ravindra7791]

On Brexit, maybe a decade from now (a much poorer) Britain can rejoin the EU. Polish living standards will converge with UK by late 2030s and fewer people from Eastern European countries will want to migrate unless Ukraine for eg joins

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

USA's main problem on immigration at the turn of the nineteenth century was not politics, but the amount - the processing levels. Keeping social disease infections from entering mainly.

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

What role do you think party coalitions will have in the next election?

[@alanhamilton9856]

Oakeshott is not right wing just a realist. I like her and I've only voted tory once.

[@alanhamilton9856]

With Yvette Cooper and Starmer unable to clearly describe a woman, how are women likely to vote.

[@discodavid26]

Migration for a nation is like drink water is for an individual …… too much = bad news … none/ very small amounts = really really bad and far worse news … little but constant = good benefits 👍

[@jayjones1649]

Upload the bastard Simon Sebag Pod!!!!!!

[@poonyhooman]

I really wish AC was leading Labour. I can’t help feeling it would be bolder, more coherent and well led. I surrendered my membership on the basis of Brexit - and I just can’t understand why they don’t do exactly as AC suggests - they very nearly lost my vote, too. Labour could be offering so much hope and instead it’s just the same old bland best-of-a-bad-bunch drivel. What a wasted opportunity. FFS. #AC FOR PREZ!

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

COP 28 - blah blah blah! 🇸🇪 🇺🇦

[@OrwellsHousecat]

Now do the research on mums driving with kids in the car

[@JabbtheHut4653]

Rory - please, please create a new centre right political party. The conservatives are morally bankrupt & no longer fit to rule. The list is endless - Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Suella Braverman, Chris Pincher, Peter Bone, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel, Nigel Farage (a conservative party member by proxy), Owen Paterson the list is literally endless - of those conservative politicians simply unable to tell the truth. BREXIT has been an unmitigated disaster. We need consensus politics to have any chance of survival in a world we are frankly insignificant.

[@jamesm5809]

Rory has a flapjack addiction

[@mtb5778]

isn't Germany's problems all down to relying on cheap Russian gas and closing down all their nuclear power stations which has put up the price pf manufacturing in their country?