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- How was a deal finally agreed to get power sharing back in Northern Ireland? Is Rishi Sunak focusing too much on his media appearances? Why has Kim Jong Un said unification with the South is no longer possible?
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You guys need time stamps. 44:52 North Korea
Having read Rorys book I can see why he stepped back from politics. Which proves the saying that the wrong people are in politics because the right people do not want to be. Give it some thought Rory.
Rory saw the way the wind was blowing. He rightly jumped ship when he witnessed the direction the Tory Party was heading. He has principles which he wasn’t prepared to compromise. The best PM we never had.
@@buzzukfiftythree The best were thrown out in 2019 by Johnson’s junta.
He's just stepped back, very wise.
As of typing, I am about half-way through 'But what can I do' and I can honestly say it's one of the most inspirational and interesting books I've read. It really makes me want to be more active in politics as a 20 year-old and to combat populism.
Why would you combat other people voting for their interests?
would be great to have Hislop in these discussins. A three way :)
Oh yeah another lefty tosser to add to Campbell
Total agreement.
I am sure Shaka would bring a lot to the table
No!
Thank you Rory and Alastair for the insightful discussion. These conversations are a must-listen for me. Cheers from VT, USA.
When they operate on your prostate,they automatically do a biopsy on the material they remove. This is how my prostate cancer was found in 2013.
I had this biopsy taken before the final decision to operate that was 23 years ago
@@stewartmarlow my biopsy was taken after the operation as there was no sign of cancer,just a grossly enlarged prostate & I couldn't piss.
I had 2 prostate biopsies before treatment for cancer, the worst procedure ever.
Harold Wilson would've easily coped with Piers Morgan's betting question by doing his extended pipe lighting routine.
Harold was a professional politician.
love the show but timestamps would be really helpful to listen to specific parts of interest to each of us. thanks!
(Re No Ireland) Rory, thanks for focusing on the fact that the two leaders are women. I am an elderly American feminist woman who worked tirelessly on women’s issues from 1968 through 1980 and somewhat beyond. I remember too well only seeing white male faces on television and most positions of authority and I didn’t even know it was strange. To see these two women leading different parties (I’m not sure of the correct language from this side of the pond) made my eyes water and my throat to choke for a moment. I had this thought, “two women! They’ll probably get a lot done.“ That might not be true, but I always feel more hopeful, because we tend to want to figure out how to work together. I appreciate both you and Alastair a great deal. And, of course, I wish your king well.
they aren't the first female NI first minister - Arlene Foster was in the role previously
Margaret Thatcher was a woman. Marine Le Pen, Giorgia Meloni & Alice Weidel are women. Women are just people & a lot of people are heartless.
A few years ago when Teresa May was PM, the leaders of all main political parties were women. Only labour had a male leader.
You might want to reflect that one of those leaders of the ni executive wasn't voted for by anyone as she didn't even stand for election to the NI assembly. Hardly democratic to have executive power in the hands of the unelected
From my reading, the present crop of Republican far-right (and aren't nearly all that) American women are no better at figuring out how to get things done than are their male counterparts in the Republican party. This current batch of Trumpist/MAGA Republican women seem determined to prove themselves as incivil, indecorous, truculent, inflexible and as "macho" as their swaggering male party members.
Please remember that Murdock is the owner of the Wall Street Journal, and that the editorial pages are very Maga , the news section has not been tampered with to the same extent.
I don't think Pres. Binden or his advisors take them into account on policy issues.
I'm a Californian who appreciates your program.
Murdoch even.
Keir Starmer could sue both Sunak and TalkTV for character defamation, as everyone should know about UK Barristers and our legal system, that our King's Counsel - KC Barristers (formerly Queen's Counsel - QC) use the Taxi-cab rank system and have to take on the next case in the list of notorious criminals going to court. These two should already know this...
KC's have to defend these people, providing they have the necessary expertise and the defendant can meet their legal fees, regardless of their own views about the defendant. They must also defend them will all due diligence and professionalism, and any obvious failings or lack of commitment to the case will be reported and this will lead to them being disbarred from the legal system - struck off... Just because a KC defends someone, it does not mean or prove that they believe or support their defendants views or actions.
It's so obvious that both Sunak and Morgan are deliberately misleading and misdirecting everyone with this lie and fake-news, which can now be pursued in the Courts, as Sunak said these comments in a TV studio outside of Parliament where parliamentary privilege no longer applies.
It really needs to be done to prevent thiis lie and dis-information continuing and to ensure that any future heinous behaviour like this, isn't tolerated in the UK again - whether it is from the political Left or Right...
Entirely bollocks.
Noted from watching US politics, when a party has no policies that would appeal to the electorate, they turn to vile personal attacks
I think it unlikely Starmer will take any action outside of parliament. He knows that such comments are all part of parliamentary life. As a KC, Starmer would be able to assess whether or not he has a case for action - he undoubtedly feels it would be too much of a distraction in this election year. On a technical point, barristers do have some say as to whether or not they will take a case. Junior barristers may have less choice, but KCs can pick and choose to some extent. That said, Sunak’s comments were entirely out of order. Had he said them in parliament then he would have incurred the wrath of the Speaker.
Starmer or someone on his behalf should raise the issue in PM question time and get him to retract and apologise, and/or humiliate him on his ignorance of this country’s legal system!
Rory in a puffa jacket is peak middle age dad fashion
It looks good on him.😊
Practical fashion that is 👌👌
It's a Raab. Very expensive. Not, I hasten to add, a Dom Raab.
that's what us old Dads are for. Keep it real RORY. Because Your no Jackanory. Just a TRUE story. 😇
It’s RAB and I wonder how these two are doing re their energy bills. Hope they’re not struggling. 😂😂
The voice of sanity
Thanks to you both, enjoyed show over few Guinness in my local, hope , always.
Get well soon Charlie!
Love this podcast. I'm an American living in China. I don't know why but many IR experts mispronounce Xi Jinping's name in the same odd way . If you just pronounce it as you would the English word "She" you'd be a whole lot closer to pronouncing it correctly. Cheers.
Would love to hear Canada discussed! From Saskatchewan.
A successful hedge fund manager, is a hedge fund manager, is a hedge fund manager .....
You are blessed. Spend the time looking at trees in Roundhay
Even The Thick of it didnt have Mps betting interviewers 😂
How did I not know that these two had a CZcams channel / podcast?
Saint Valentine's day is cancelled this year because it falls on Ash Wednesday
Good stuff
Just FYI the test match special interview was during the ashes series in the summer
If there are two words that I can describe the discussions of these gentlemen-intelligent and unbiased- so interesting and educational . Thank you 🇮🇪🇦🇺
I’m going to save some money and relocate to rural Australia and hope that the state of affairs doesn’t peak before then
Would like to see the two of you show up on a U.S. tour.
What about visiting good old Belfast???!!!
Good idea and there is a good following in Republic of Ireland perhaps a visit to Dublin as well. The voices of reason and clarity.
Alaistair, have y taken up painting? Again beside the point!🙃
Please add timestamps!
On a slightly more light hearted note, my grandfather had to tell Charles off when he was proffessor at Cambridge and Charles was a student parking his jaguar somewhat selfishly. Apparently he admired my grandfather and his lectures.
Oh to be as bright as Charlie to be able to get into Cambridge 😂
If Sunak can't handle Piers Morgan, I hope he's never in a room with Putin.
I'm not from Northern Ireland, and so I apologise if I'm making assumptions, but just as Liz Truss never represented the majority of British voters I don't think Stormont with their continuous bickering represents the average person in the street. Especially when they all say "we don't want to play and we'll hold our breath until everyone agrees with us".
Well the deputy first minister doesn't represent anyone as she didn't get one single vote in the assembly election
RORY....you headphones 🎧 are crap! Can I send you better ones and to where 😂❤
I love the tour goes no where near Liverpool and Merseyside 😂
Manchester is an hour away on the train.
@@gx9109 Liverpool and Manchester boast distinctive political landscapes. Notably, Merseyside hosts merely one Conservative MP, in stark contrast to Greater Manchester's nine conservative seats. This divergence underscores the profound disparity in political ideologies and societal values between these iconic cities. Despite their shared geographical location in the North, both Liverpool and Manchester face chronic underfunding from Westminster, despite their rich historical legacies. This fiscal neglect is especially striking when compared to cities receiving more substantial financial allocations, despite Liverpool and Manchester's historical significance and cultural prominence.
@@JosephRawsthorne31 Greater Manchester includes large constituencies where all the wealthy people from Liverpool (almost the entire squads of LFC and Everton) come to live - with that concentration of wealth you’re bound to see them vote Tory. All of what would be considered the city of Manchester and its suburbs is as safe as Labour territory you could find anywhere in the country.
Regardless, your initial complaint was that the tour goes “nowhere near” Liverpool - this is a matter of geography that you’ve tried to reframe as a political issue. They only have six dates in total dotted all around the country - Manchester is the bigger city so why would they have a second date there? They’ve not booked shows is Glasgow and Edinburgh.
@@JosephRawsthorne31 Yes Manchester and Liverpool battle to be the second city in the North West........ After Preston!!
Pies Organ is a piece of lint.
What are your views on the fact that the deputy first minister wasn't even elect?
Great to hear Rory on Sam Harris’s pod cast. You did very well , one of Harris best guests in my view. I read Noahs “Last Jew” about the Inquistion of Jews in Spain to fund Ferdinand and his wife in name of Christendom . Can you reflect on this. I know Norway was christened as an excuse for a Viking King to get full power so I assume this is the way as Mandalorian would have said
Not many people watch Piers Morgan? Lol.
World stability feels bleak lately.. its all gone down the plug hole since the pandemic 😢
It's truely scary, glad my time on earth is short
Re. N. Ireland, I don't think the role of mass union action can be underestimated. I believe that the thousands on the streets from both communities had a massive role in the timing. Before they weren't interested, suddenly, there's a deal. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that... or maybe why not interview a union leader on the matter as it is central to contemporary politics and hasn't been discussed as much as it should.
As for our vs El Salvador prisons I know which one works better ..
I believe if you commit a heinous crime you should lose all your human rights, in all circumstances.
Our system doesn’t work as we see many time & judges are completely out of touch from reality..
Only a few months ago it came to light that a kid was stabbed while being surrounded by a crowd of others recording the stabbing..the perpetrator was caught & ordered to appear in court, the judge then told the culprit to write a letter of apology & fined him £50 🤬
Youngsters run wild with knives & guns knowing the system will look after them, as our system looks after the criminals & not the victims..
It’s not a surprise that our prisons are full with repeat offenders.
Something needs to change going forward..
Why are you not coming to Blackburn or Burnley???
No dates in the south west of England? Why?
because the south west of england is a barren shithole
Kinda had a chuckle at their dig at Piers's viewership considering how dwarfed the number of youtube subscribers Alistar and Rory's podcast is by that Uncsensored thingo :)))
Insightful as ever, chaps, thank you. On the North / The Province / Ulster / NI I believe the people - particularly in the North West - have been systematically failed by Stormont, London AND Dublin for decades, which is why the area is amongst the most economically disadvantaged areas in the UK. This is largely thanks to their being an absent government for the majority of the time since the Good Friday Agreement through a myriad of excuses / political points being made - largely by the Unionist side of the political debate - in addition to being largely ignored / treated with apathy by the political thinking "process" at Westminster. My personal hope is that through the new leadership in the form of FM O'Neill is that there can be progressive dialogue about constitutional change. The people of the North / The Province / Ulster / NI deserve to decide their own destiny, and the geopolitical compass seems to point towards a united island of Ireland.
One third of Ulster - counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan - is in the Irish Republic, because the Unionists didn't want those counties to be part of "Northern Ireland" as they would not have had a Unionist majority. So it was not just Ireland that was partitioned but Ulster as well. There is no historical or geographical justification for the existence of the remaining six counties as a separate unit.
@@adamfrankowski2768 I quite agree. The English (we English, I should admit, being one as I am) have a good deal to reconcile with our consciences as to what our forebears wrought upon our closest neighbour. Inexcusable.
Sunak should remember "when you're in a hole - stop digging ..."
He may be digging a hole to China as an exit strategy.
The world's perfect storm.
Alister is such a pure Idealogue. it is fascinating to watch.
I would love to see a united Ireland in my lifetime.
I agree, we should just have one united Ireland... under British rule 😉😂
@@dellwright1407 With respect, yes to the former, but no to the latter.
Cheers
Dividing a country never works, a united ireland in charge of their own affairs should be the goal.
@@dellwright1407In your stupid dreams
Betting about deporting people, is crazy and insulting.
I wish you both could get on the panel of question time at some point..
Would be great to watch a Tory & a Labour minister squirm, while being asked yes or no..
When we know the two of you can say a definite yes & a definite no..😂
What about Leeds ?
Why use the euphemism ‘armed struggle’ instead of the plain ‘terrorism’?
Mass slaughter and torture by British colonial forces: what do you call that?
Russia did a swap with North Korea and gave nuclear war head for ammunition and tanks.
rocket tech is enough i think, they have the warheads but they need better tech for ICBM-s which russia probaly gave them
Directly after visiting each other North Korea launched their first satellite (successfully?). Doubt they would give them nuclear material, if China does not want that.
What work has he really done on AI? What work has he done regarding automation whatsoever? Rishi Sunak is not the type of person I trust to lead a transition over the next few decades towards technology which will threaten jobs and requires serious infrastructure development.
The UK could have always been a world leader when it comes to automation - the public are unfamiliar and hesitant to grasp the possibilities, and understandably so - Rishi Sunak perhaps had some potential as a conservative who likes technology, to lay down some serious contingency plans and stir up real enthusiasm for the possibilities afforded by automation.
It wouldn't have even been politically challenging for him. It offers an alternative to migration and helps solve labour shortages - it's a win-win that he was too scared to promote fully. Now the UK will continue to decline, and other countries will get an edge on us. Starmer is too boring to do anything either.
Not Carlisle or Penrith, disappointing
What about Northern Ireland?
The core element with a peace process is a willingness to leave old scores behind. Acknowledge the past but demonstrate a willingness to move on. Having extremist fathers doesn't mean the children are tied in. The 'sins' of the fathers cannot be held against the children.
As far as Sunak is concerned, he has admitted that he had no interest in politics. He is no 'professional' politician and relies on the will of others for support - he's not a politician, he's a financier.
would you possibly discuss Greta Thunberg, please? i could use an informed opinion. thank you for being there.
Someone tell the PM to stop digging.
Piers Morgan shares his stuff on youtube (like you!). We aren't talking about 30,000 viewers. His interview with rishi has had 430,000 viewers (so far).
Rory, you are too young and talented to be a pundit.😢😅😮😊
do people in the north not count ! could of come to Newcastle Upon Tyne
I have time for Rory Stewart at times ,but check out his Voting record..it's not that sympathetic to the majority of the population.
I have never understood why people go to theatre to listen to these things.
The last few years, with regards to Nothern Ireland, shows that having a dysfunctional government, is a disaster.
Was it not Jeremy Paxman who asked whether Tony Blair and George W. Bush prayed together?
Does anyone else think Vince McMahon is going to jail?
Top political analysis from superb speakers🇦🇺🇮🇪🇦🇺🇮🇪
Perhaps a united Ireland, may be possible, only time will tell.
As will, grammar
Also note that the Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly was voted out of office as an MP for South Belfast because she was so useless and was more concerned with the naming of a bus stop than her constituents being bullied and intimidated by loyalist thugs in a housing development a short distance away from the bus stop. Then in the last assembly election the MP Jeffery Donaldson stood as a candidate to be an MLA in Lagan Valley, he topped the poll and then stood down of the Protocol and Irish Sea border. He co-opted the unelected Pengelly to become an MLA despite her not being on the ballot paper, he hoodwinked the constituents of Lagan Valley. So we have a Deputy first minister who nobody voted for, a shameful act and making a complete and utter mockery of the democratic process.
Good insight of North Korea, I just wonder It seems to me that unlike Europe communist authoritarian regimes in East Asia, and SE Asia seems to be rigid and surviving very well even through the 1990s as well. I have question on this. Does geography play the part in that? that they have China as a main back sponsor, the fact that these countries enjoy relatively large territories and less congested than Europe in terms of numbers of states located within the region. does that factor help to maintain authoritarian regimes that could impose more isolation from rest of the world?
Boris Johnson made ridiculous comments about Rwanda policy.
Beside the point, but are u both in your pyjamas???
' Deep deep experts ', LOL.
While talking about Donaldson's position on the Irish sea border, he previously championed Boris's protocol and was will to even accept passport checks. There's literal video of him saying all this. He has no position of principle on the matter, he just got caught up in doing deals with representatives of terrorists and changed his position to win endorsement of an illegal paramilitary organisation.
Seems like pertinent i formation that's continually ignored or glossed over.
Are they worried that their tour may happen AFTER we've had a change of Govenrment or, even worse, during the general Election campaign?
Prime ministers cant be good at all the technical sides of running a country, cant be an expert on economics, health, foreign relations etc. A PMs job is to find politicians who can surround themselves with experts on those subjects but mostly to spend their time 'selling' themself, their party and their policies.
Sunak cant do any of that at all, so what use is he?
Rory has dyed his hair!
So?
The rest is politics not coming to Leeds?😟(!)
Rishi-washy is just CLUELESS, like his predecessors he is painfully unsuited to high office but has failed upwards because his Tribe have no alternatives.
Gibralta
St catharines college
Gambit research
Thanks rory. I know but it's fine and thanks.
Genie ai
Wikipedia lexextom
😢?
Gangs thrive where there are issues of insecurity in a country and the local civilian forces ie police are overhewhelmed by maintaining internal security.
Talking of "Cryptocurrency" why not research Hedera Hashgraph, Dr. Leemon Baird, Mance Harmon and the Hedera Governing Council.
If you care so much about your message why do you have to monetise it.......
I was 49 when i was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and attended The London Clinic.
23 years on and I'm still OK.
Knock it off about the Royal Family. Privileged and Entitled.
Kim's making a bad mistake. The adulated stars of K-Pop, BTS, have just finished their basic training at the start of two years compulsory Military Service, and starting fighting will turn the whole of Korean youth, regardless of gender, into military. He may have a million underfed, poorly trained, demotivated soldiers, the South has about 3.5 million guys in their 20s, and almost as many females, with something to defend.
Very cool little show!! I love it. Come to the USA!!
I can’t understand how other liberals can claim to be the people supporting democracy, while simultaneously being opposed to “populism”, aka “politicians doing the things the voters want them to.” It’s like they’re saying “no, don’t vote like that, that’s not democracy cause your not voting for us.”
I think they’re more referring to the way in which government policy is inconsistently formed based off the kneejerk reaction of their voter base rather than as part of a strategy which has been properly thought out
@@FighterofthenightmanaaaahThat's very convenient for the billionaires and elite class who gave you that explanation for why it's bad in a democracy to say what voters actually want you to say when it contradicts what billionaires and the elite class want. "Oh that's not part of the strategy." I'll bet it isnt.
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat I’m not saying that doing what voters want is bad in and of itself. It’s the way the Tories often come up with policy out of the blue because they see their voter base has picked a new moral panic that week. It means policy is often beholden to the whims of the media rather than being driven by genuine ideology.
@@Fighterofthenightmanaaaah Policy should not be driven by ideology. That's how communists run their states. Policy should be driven by pragmatism, and no one is more pragmatic than voters.
One million puppets of a necrocracy.
They think of it as *tradition.* 😅
@@paulheydarian1281 One need not extend the definition of a tradition much further to include a blocked drain.
@@josefschiltz2192
I assume you're referring to the British Monarchy. Yes, the Monarchy is anachronistic and ought to be discarded, but I honestly think the Brits seem to cling to it so as to annoy the French and possibly to spite the Germans. They probably feel it sets them apart from the Yanks too.
An alternate option is to have King Charles III set aside (disappeared) and have Prince William crowned as the new King in 2025. But it's up to the Brits what they want from their Royals.
@@paulheydarian1281 Not necessarily, but I hadn't excluded the British Monarchy or any other self-deifying institution. I was referring to North Korea.
@@paulheydarian1281 The British Monarchy ensures separation of Head of State (King) and Head of Government (Prime Minister).
Because the military all swear an oath of allegiance to the Crown and not to a politician or constitution.
It is a system that has proven remarkably stable over the last few centuries when most other countries have gone through periods of civil war, military coups, revolutions, strongmen dictators etc
Don't mess with a system that works.
Piers Morgan has over 2 million subscribers what are these guys talking about?
Near the end...AC understated the damage Trump is doing. He has shown that he can single handedly scupper any bill, even one with massive cross-party support, to make things bad, so that he can say "America is broken and only I can fix it".
Why does Rory do a lot of gurning?
MDMA come down?
Japan is highly homogeneous.
I feel for him no one deserves cancer.
I still believe the royal family should be abolished.
Brexit caused tbis latest problem and sunak is a brexiteer so how can anyone say Sunak has done well .Brexiteers cared little about Northern Ireland
At 5 minutes in and it is disappointing to hear these two progressive members of the establishment read out the old boys line on the monarchy.
It isn't that i want some shock jock popularism - it's just that “not messing up” after a 50-year lead into the job of being the king isn't laudable. It's literally the same as me not disgracing myself when attending a school PTA to read out a speech. Okay King Charles has to do that twice a day: but he has had 50 years of practice at least once a week. And he has a team. I have only had 30 years of opportunities to rarely (if ever) practice and I have no team, and don't have a private chef, and have to pay expenses, and I am not a multi-millionaire. Where's my recognition?
The whole “world leaders say our thoughts are with the English monarch” pointed out by Alistair is just “world leaders press offices are not asleep at the wheel”.
I get the point. I met and liked the queen mother. So I am fine that Rory has met and liked Charles. Yet I can only watch the monarch read out a speech, see the situation's absurdity, and feel pity at best. I get it, I don't want to change the UK system and get a UK Donald Trump, but can we just acknowledge that the monarchy is a historic accident, that is at its best when it is utterly boring and ignorable?
Yeah, I was really disappointed to see them laud over him in that way for basically existing... Especially Alistair who is a Labour supporter, there is no excuse
I was a republican till Mr Trump so I'm a reluctant monarchist for the stability reason alone. However I too find it rather nauseating to hear that the royals work "hard" when I see them cutting a ribbon or attending a banquet. Also all this hysteria about their family tiffs is rather silly and demeaning the press and not a bit interesting, we all have families with stresses
Yes, the hardest part of the job must be attending all those race meetings. @@lindabennett6597
You need to talk about Pop Con soon and how stupid the speeches there were.