Johnson and Sunak at war, Sturgeon's arrest, and the death of Silvio Berlusconi

[@runedyrting8476]

You two are always worth listening to!

[@karenjakobsen3607]

Absolutely love listening to your podcasts. In depth, informative, intelligent discussion. 👌

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Stanley Johnson denied a knighthood, no doubt on nepotism gone silly reasons. Blair didn't do any resignation honours should be reminded to everyone much more often. 👍

[@Harry-qu7vg]

drunk and high on a tuesday night you lads came in at the perfect time!!

[@petermcdonagh7820]

Snap

[@fritsgerms3565]

I really enjoy this. We need competent politicians that can explain why and how to implement policies.

[@tomthumb2361]

Johnson has always made my skin crawl. So I've always been astounded that so many seemingly-intelligent people couldn't see that he was a complete sham - even my best friend told me he 'oozed with character'. I've never seen him as 'brilliant' in any way. I perused his Churchill book once in a book-remainder cafe (I wouldn't have bought it, or be seen borrowing it from a library) in London and was gob-smacked by how bad it was - as shallow and engaging as a dried-up puddle. The baseless adulation the man has received is really the phenomenon we should be examining. What does that show about the UK and so many of its vested interests and institutions, not just Eton.

[@annemoncrieff3875]

What does it show about the little english voters!!

[@gonzoraoul]

It's a depressing and fascinating insight into the vestiges of our class system, and the way in which otherwise sensible people cower before it. God knows I hope it can signal the end of the whole sordid setup (though until we at least strip these public schools of charitable status that desire may be unfounded).

[@foreignofficeclub5815]

Interesting that absolutely nobody has been arrested over any of the PPE contracts, cash for honours, non existent ship contracts, garden bridge etc etc

[@joestacey6185]

"He managed to get her off..." Phrasing, Rory!

[@jonathonjubb6626]

Its amazing how much 'Yes, Prime Minister' underestimated the future....

[@david1731048]

How can the appointments commission show such sensibility by rejecting Dacre and Dorries, but allowed the two advisor children to go through?

[@markashdown1314]

Highly refreshing. Thanks lads.

[@timelwell7002]

Very informative. I'd have been a whole lot more confident of good governance had Rory Stewart become PM than I did with Boris Johnson. Sadly, all my fears came to pass when Johnson became PM...

[@JDODify]

Guys, following on from Kate Raworth can you get the economist Mark Blythe on to explain the idiocy of Austerity to Rory.

[@CloudhoundCoUk]

Austerity is an utterly corrupt policy to enrich the rich. Just what Tories are all about.

[@oldschool3670]

Great show

[@musicman5075]

With his honours list is Boris making yet another appeal to a part of his base who will think "look at good old Boris still trolling and winding up the elites - he's one of us"

[@daiu48]

The exPM should be detained in Belmarsh as a threat to public safety- and Assange, who deserves much more consideration here,should be released immediately .

[@david1731048]

Been waiting for a live show in Scotland... and 13th September I'll be in London. Typical!

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

It's not that well known but Berlusconi actually made a serious bid for ownership of Channel 5 in the UK when it was being set up in 1993/4.

[@jamesprice4647]

Caligula made a horse consul.

[@petekdemircioglu]

They all made Caligula make a Horse his council

[@RDHamel]

10:33 Rory has nailed it here. Johnson does most of what he does to get a rise. Respond accordingly, though what ‘accordingly’ might mean I have no idea.

[@markshirley01]

Listened to this podcast on Google Podcasts - I really enjoyed it subbed immediately

[@gonzoraoul]

@12:00 to quote commentators of Johnson and to not cite the greatest critical political writer of our time, Marina Hyde, is a significant oversight.

[@ill_will6492]

amazed at how quickly you glossed over berlusconi's membership in the p2 lodge--you ought to look into that the lodge's members were more or less solely responsible for the years of lead

[@jamesharvey8835]

The idea that the students at Eton are the future global elite is a pernicious one in itself.

[@Charleighcharger]

How many adverts in this?

[@aevlaistner4296]

Hello Alistair, hello Rory, I strongly suggest you rethink and revisit the comments on the P2 loge of which SB was a member. At least Alistair is definitely old enough to remember the horrific bombing of the Bologna Rail Station with more than 180 victims. As I recall it, as a teenager at the time, it turned out to be the last straw in a long series of right wing political killings, bombings and assassinations in Italy, which finally forced the Italian authorities to crack down on the main organization core = the P2 loge. P2 turned out to be a neo facist organization that posed as a masonic loge, mainly to provide a respectable front for a large membership cadre of very high ranking DC, police, military, secret services, and industry leaders of Italy. And for most of them the facade was just strong enough to provide enough cover to avoid direct culpable implication in the P2 organized terror activities. The P2 leaders were convicted. But most high ranking members like SB escaped just with a slightly tarnished reputation. I found Alistair's comment regarding the Propaganda Due P2 singularly misplaced and regarding the many victems of P2 activities very disrespectful. For my part, I'm not a victim, nor am I concious of even knowing relations of any victim. But, I grew up in German in the times of the constant terror scares of the Rote Armee Fraction in Germany, the Action Direct in France, the Brigade Rosso in Italy, the IRA in the UK, ETA in Spain, and the PLO, PLAF, various other organizations linked to the Israel Palestine conflict. I remember seeing the evening news about Bologna, as a boy just shy of my 15th birthday.I remember my late father's immediate analysis: This was done by facsists, because it targeted indiscriminately the innocent, just to create terror. I hope to hear some form of retraction of your comments on P2 and maybe a reflective discussion on the deeper roots of todays antidemocratic post truth populist politicians in Europe. There is a long and steady extreem right wing support infrastructure tradition existing in many countries. P2 was an early high profile legitimizing front entity and perpetrator. SB, JM LePen, Jörg Haider, were the initial populist open rehabilitators of the shunned and disgraced facist thoughts. The personages that used the "It must be allowed to say..." free speech arguments to reestablish the unacceptable as part of now consistently accepted public and political discourse and biased or ignorant media "both sidesing". Best Regards, Dr. Axel Laistner

[@deirdredowling2251]

Very slippery here Rory about Sunak and the list of eegits for Lords

[@MkVenner1975]

Jesus... SNP youth camps.

[@jeancaunce21]

Re being arrested…the judge in the swimming pool didn’t mention that being arrested gives the person rights such as length of detention , right to having legal representation etc etc.

[@davidvaughan4480]

Maybe thats what it is with Johnson ,he cant be a great PM like his hero Churchill so in his twisted way wants to be the most infamous.

[@dschoene57]

The German MEP Berlusconi liked to a concentration camp guard was not a she - it was then parliament president Martin Schulz.

[@GratifyMeNow13]

He might be the president of Italy but he’s a very naughty boy!

[@markashdown1314]

Are there any sex for honours cases here?

[@joesoy9185]

In the story re the missing SNP money, Rory spoke of a "mobile home", but it was a motorhome. I wonder if he knows what the difference is...

[@domhuckle]

Guy sounds like hiss from Robin Hood fox

[@annemoncrieff3875]

Nicola wasnt arrested she volunteered herself to go in for questioning. Wish u wld get this correct and stop sensationlising! As ex scots i wld have thought i wld still have some remembrance of Scots law.

[@bobsmithy9024]

Noone is more dishonest than Boris Johnson. Breaking news... Nicola Sturgeon is arrested. Well maybe someone is more dishonest than Boris Johnson! 🤭

[@tomwaller6893]

It is not the Scottish nationalist who are the separatists. It is the English/British Nationalists who took the entire UK, against the wishes of half of its member states, out of the EU to suffer in 3rd country isolation. Once again, the British are not a race, and the UK or Great Britain is not a country or a Nation. They are all political constructs hiding English taxation and rule over the rest of the UK. It makes no sense for Scotland to be outvoted 543 to 57 now in the House of Commons or be overruled by dozens of reserved devolution powers and a new Internal markets act by a foreign power next door we can not control. Not only does England disrespect Scotland, but you also threaten our very right to exist as you impose your will on the people of Scotland. England is the separatist movement, not Irish, Scottish or Welsh nationalists. We see your mistakes and will not pay taxes to you to fund them anymore as you attempt to weaken and break apart the EU at every turn. The more you attack our Scottish Government and its elected officials, the larger the vote for All Under One Banner will become at the next election.

[@MkVenner1975]

Toxic, corrupt nationalism, your post is full of nonsense.

[@beachcomber1able]

The Mi5 plot to undermine the SNP and discredit the Independence Movement shows just how much the Westminster criminals have got the wind up. 😮

[@QwentyJ]

If Scotland voted yes in 2014, you would have left the EU anyway!

[@beachcomber1able]

@@QwentyJ We wouldn't have had a vote in the 2016 referendum because we wouldn't have been in the UK.

[@QwentyJ]

@@beachcomber1able as well as being out of Europe!

[@storm_shadow78]

"There wasn't much attention paid to South America during the Cold War" Are you on drugs?

[@raymondfry5763]

What do you think about Macron applying for France to join BRICS who`s main members are Russia and China that no longer use the Doller as a currency. and will rule out France as a member of NATO due the war and sanctions.

[@ericelshof1738]

not a normal lodge : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Due