Rory Stewart
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Is It Time to Rage Against the AI Machine?
Why is the backlash against data centres becoming one of the most combustible issues in US politics?

Is Mark Carney Beating Trump At His Own Game?
Why is Mark Carney choosing economic pain over a deal on tariffs with Trump?

Zelenskyy Is Fighting Another War - And It's Not With Russia.
Andy Burnham makes his first overseas trip to Kyiv - what makes this so significant? Is Ukraine's corruption problem hindering them in their fight against Russia?

Andy Burnham's Comms Strategy: Genius or Overhyped?
Is Burnham’s Britain’s first ‘TikTok Prime Minister’ and what does that mean for accountability, old-fashioned journalism, and the Westminster lobby?

Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy
Five years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover, why has not a single Western government marked the anniversary of a war that cost thousands of lives and trillions of…

Is The Climate Emergency Being Taken Seriously? | Rory Stewart & Caroline Lucas Clash.
Should Andy Burnham deliver a covid style national emergency briefing to inform the public about the climate emergency? How do we foster cross-party consensus on the climate emergency?

The British Right Are On The Brink Of Implosion.
With Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe trading blows, is the British right tearing itself apart, and will Kemi Badenoch destroy the Conservative Party by chasing Reform and Restore voters rather than the…

What A New Alliance Means For The Future Of War.
Is America's retreat pushing its own allies to build a NATO without it? Why won't Trump and Hegseth admit the Iran war is draining America's Patriot missiles?

560. Trump's Hamas Disarmament 'Deal' and Europe's FIFA Boycott
As Trump's Board of Peace unveils a plan to disarm Hamas, will the group now give up its weapons and what would this mean for Gaza's future?

558. The 'Cockroach' Uprising and Should We Stop Data Centres?
Is Modi's power finally cracking as the Cockroach Janta Party's mass protests force a minister to resign for the first time in over a decade?