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The Rest Is Politics recently hosted Starmer. “I was disappointed,” says Stewart. “There’s so much that I admired from a distance about him. I like the idea of him. What disappointed me was that he didn’t seem radical enough. I didn’t get what the big picture was. I got the impression of a likable, thoughtful, moderate guy, but I didn’t feel the radical ambition.” In general, he thinks that politicians, even former politicians, are too guarded to be interesting interviewees. The acceptable face of Conservatism? Campaigning in Highgate while running for mayor of London in 2020. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images In the first ever episode of ‘Leading’, Alastair and Rory are joined by former Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Heseltine. One of the biggest names in the last half-century of British politics, Lord Heseltine discusses everything from his crucial role in the rise and fall of Margaret Thatcher to his current position in the House of Lords. As the former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Cathy Ashton worked with many world leaders: Vladimir Putin in Russia, Serbia's Ivica Dacic, Kosovo's Hashim Thaci, and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Bertie Ahern, former Irish Taoiseach who served from 1997 to 2008, speaks to Alastair about his father's time in the IRA, how Ireland has changed over the last three decades, and what it was liking working alongside Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley on the road the Belfast Good Friday Agreements.

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I do think these are dangerous times. I do think you just have to read the speech of China’s defence minister to recognise the robustness of China’s approach to Taiwan that seemed to depart frankly from the established status quo. How aware are you of anti-Semitism in Britain? Comedian and author David Baddiel tells Alastair and Rory about his family, his upbringing and his views on anti-Semitism in modern Britain. What is it like to run a metropolitan area? How does devolution impact the citizens of regional areas? Does party affiliation affect the decisions a mayor makes?Kemi Badenoch says the UK will ‘imminently’ be joining a trade bloc that includes Australia, Canada and New Zealand The shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, has proposed regular meetings between UK and European Union ministers, as part of a major reset of British foreign policy under a Labour government. There’s just a fundamental problem with development, which is that it involves outsiders, often foreigners, deciding what’s good for you,” Stewart says. Direct cash transfers empower impoverished communities. “The idea is that it’s their dignity, it’s their choice on what they do. Typically, people will fix their house, buy a cow, manure for the fields, connect to electricity, dig a latrine, sign up to government health insurance. It’s amazing, the transformation to people’s lives, with quite a small amount of financial assistance.”

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That was David Lammy, Britain’s shadow foreign secretary, ending this edition of the Rachman Review. I’d also like to thank the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which hosts the Shangri-La Dialogue. Thanks for listening and please join me again next week. Four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson sits down with Alastair to discuss the future of athletics, drugs in sport, political polarisation, and recovering from a stroke that doctors feared could stop him from ever walking again.Why did Theresa May prefer Gordon Brown to Tony Blair as a Prime Minister? Does the former PM have any regrets over Brexit? How did things unfold behind the scenes after the Salisbury poisoning of a former Russian spy? Join David as he talks to Rory and Alastair about Labour, international development, US politics, life in New York City, and the International Rescue Committee.

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Last couple of issues. As you know, one of the hottest issues in British politics with enormous foreign policy implications, it’s immigration, migration, small boats, all of that. I’m sure you know, the Labour party has condemned a lot of the rhetoric around it. But polls do show that people are concerned about high levels of migration. What do you say to voters that it’s about right the levels? Do you wanna bring it down, bring it up? What’s the position? Comedy Arts Education Business Kids & Family Music Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture Technology TV & Film Fiction History True Crime News Leisure Government Health & Fitness Science Sports Stewart has defended his voting record by pointing out that MPs have to vote with their parties to retain the whip, which can sometimes mean voting in support of measures they do not agree with. Are there any votes he particularly regrets? He pauses for a long time. A characteristic grimace. “I think we got austerity wrong,” he says, finally. “I realised in the departments I went into, most dramatically in prisons, that these cuts were close to insane. They had removed so many prison officers, while allowing the prison population to go up, that violence tripled in five years. All the windows were broken in Liverpool prison and couldn’t be fixed.”