Alastair Reacts to Starmer-Mandelson Turmoil Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 08/02/2026 · 13m

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Got to listen to this.

No I didn’t say that. Although Gwynne is one of his protégés.

He’s taking advantage of this, for his own ends. He should serve his term and stop this King in The North crap. Its cosplay.

Andy really didn’t need to throw his hat in the ring.

No it wasn’t. Andy had a giant ego and believes his own publicity. He had his chance and ran away. He’s not The Man…he’s a headline.

Really? Don’t you think that this whole thing has been created to satisfy one man’s ego? And he should serve his term as Manchester Metro Mayor? Burnham had his chance and he ran from Westminster. Why destabilise everything just to allow an ego to land.

@springwatch2000.bsky.social Sportfishing is NOT responsible for Skate declining in Strangford Loch as you implied in #Winterwatch tonight. Anglers never take common/flapper skate .

End of western alliance means UK must be bolder, says Chatham House director Bronwen Maddox says Trump’s rejection of international law leaves UK and Europe facing huge dilemma

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The USA is now a rogue state and should be treated as such by the international community. The ‘26 World Cup must be moved from it and the USA banned ftom from all international sporting events. Donald Trump must be sanctioned and all global US assets frozen.

A sign of weakness not strength. How can we call the US allies when they do this.

Are you not wowed? Bazball, India and a one-armed man deliver drama and beauty | Barney Ronay England’s Baz-era has been maddening to many but this was another moment it gave us utterly thrilling cricket

Here’s an epic bit of writing from ⁦‪@barneyronay‬⁩ on the final day at the Oval #testcricket #englandvindia

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@sarahowen.org.uk well done for dealing with the awful Sarah Pochin in a calm measured way and showing her up on live TV

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Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists ‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... says it all

Good luck

The baffling thing to me is how someone so demonstrably stupid could ever become an elected representative anywhere in the World let alone the US.

Trump is an illiterate idiot

Is Majorie Taylor Greene the thickest, most unpleasant, idiotic, dishonest human being in the US? Answers in a postcard.

Economic cost of bottom trawling outweighs benefits, study finds Ocean experts found that the economic costs mostly come from carbon emissions caused by churning up the seabed.

If DEFRA and HM Treasury are so keen to reduce public funding, they could start here, given that the UK provides large public subsidies for this destructive fishing.

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@therestpolitics.bsky.social brilliant Leading podcast with Peter Kyle. He’s an impressive politician and a thoroughly decent guy.

Paticukatly line the “stripes Nigel”
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Millwall bring biggest-small-club-in-the-world energy to Selhurst Park
Brilliant from @barneyronay.bsky.social
As a Palace fan his turn of phrase made me laugh. Great stuff

It’s grim

Offensive

Except you can’t prosecute someone when there is no evidence of wrong doing.

The @theguardian.com needs to sack cartoonist Ben Jennings. Satirising Prine Ministers is an important part of democracy. His cartoon today didn’t do that it was just offensive and makes no relevant or accurate point.

Donald Trump is the enemy of every European. He is not our friend and the sooner we get this the better. He must sanctioned and excluded from setting foot in Europe until he apologises for his disgraceful behaviour over Ukraine. America is not our friend while he is President.

Trump is the enemy of the UK and Europe. He must never be allowed to set foot in the UK and his golf courses in Scotland need to be confiscated. He is a traitor

Or maybe we should just tell them to fuck off.

We in Europe have allowed America to become too powerful because we wanted them to help protect us and believed they were part of western liberalism. But they aren’t and probably never have been. Now they have become our enemy, bullying us, trampling over our values. Time to cut the cord