Starmer’s First Week & The Future Of The Conservatives

What has Keir Starmer’s new cabinet promised so far? What’s next for France after voters mobilised to stop Marine Le Pen’s far-right party from gaining power? Who is Iran’s new President, Masoud Pezeshkian?

Join Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell for the latest episode of The Rest Is Politics, where they answer all these questions and more.

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00:00 Intro
01:51 Reflections on Election Night
04:56 Appointment of ministers and setting a new tone
10:54 AI, Identity Cards & Blair’s advice for the new Labour government
19:31 First acts of Foreign Policy
22:23 The future of the Tory party
31:05 Rory and Alastair will not become cheerleaders
34:15 Results of the second round of the French election
42:41 Looking back at recent French election results
46:13 How should Macron govern now?
49:43 The death of the Iranian President and who is replacing him?
59:16 Outro