📉 CPC member Dr Bernice Kuang was called on to discuss whether #fallingbirthrates are really something to worry about, for the latest #TheRestisPolitics newsletter.

Bernice described how declining #birthrates should not provoke panic.

Instead, #policymakers should use them to devise big picture strategies to help #youngpeople have #children if and when they want to, alongside creating solutions to #care for #oldergenerations as they age.

https://mailchi.mp/therestispolitics/birth-rates-trip-non-members-17590395

#fertility #family #genz

#Starmer has lost the centrist dads.

On #TheRestIsPolitics, #RoryStewart has turned in from a mildly critical friend of the UKgov to a harsh critic.

#AlastairCampbell had gone from cheerleader to critical friend. But yesterday's episode lacked any defence of Starmer.

The UK elections slot begins at 25mins. Rory Stewart puts the boot in hard, while Campbell nods along with no hint of defence.

I read that as the face of a wider collapse of Starmer’s allies.

https://youtu.be/xcliSqa97E0

#ukpol

#TheRestIsPolitics #Selenskyy #Campbell #Steward #TRiP #TRiPPlus #Selenskyj

I usually don't recommend paid podcasts. But.
The latest episode of "The Rest is Politics - Plus" by Alistair Campbell and Rory Steward is a one-hour interview with Wolodymyr Selenskyj which is really worth watching.

#RoryStewart & war criminal #AlistairCampbell had a play-fight in #TheRestIsPolitics, blaming each other for the the UK's 1-ship navy comedy. The so-called "#RoyalNavy" has only ship to send to the #Mediterranean, the #destroyer #HMSDragon.

But the real #comedy is that the boys think this is somehow bad. 🤣

The #BritishEmpire is gone. #Thatcher formally abolished it in January 1983.

And without the spoils of Empire, #PerfidiousAlbion can't afford a blue water navy.
It's cosplaying.

#ukpol

"I think it's the culture that has been bred in this country - and not just with antisemitism but lots of different issues - where people are terrified to talk about the issue, for fear of offending someone. Now, before I sound like I'm going on a 'cancel culture gone mad' tangent, I'm not at all. I think people should be compassionate and respectful ..."

#ZackPolanski, UK Greens leader, 2025

https://alastaircampbell.org/2025/12/164-zack-polanski-do-the-greens-have-what-it-takes/

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#podcasts #GoalHanger #TheRestIsPolitics #Leading

Absolutely fascinating interview with Bill Browder and his experiences of Putin, the oligarchs and Russian Mafia. Gives us an important insight as to how these criminals should be dealt with. (Putin, AND Trump for that matter!)
#theRestIsPolitics

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-politics-leading/id1665265193?i

‘The rest is politics’ with Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell is a balanced look at political issues. They have a podcast which is worthwhile to follow as well.

Rory debunks Trump’s case for seizing Greenland in three simple steps…

#therestispolitics

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ZWdFOb42xHc

#TheRestIsPolitics Trump Attacks Venezuela and Captures President Maduro - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okFXXXWlKBQ

Today I learned that Goalhanger podcasts, who produce:

The Rest Is Politics
The Rest Is Entertainment
The Rest Is Football
The Rest Is History
The Rest Is Science
Etc.

...is owned by Gary Lineker!

🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalhanger

#Podcasts #Podcast #Goalhanger #GaryLineker #TheRestIsEntertainment #TheRestIsPolitics #TheRestIsFootball