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515. Starmer’s Foreign Aid Betrayal, Islamophobia & Australia’s Far Right (Question Time) Mar 26, 2026

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Are the UK government’s aid cuts more extreme than those made under austerity and Trump? What can Britain learn from South Australia's landslide against the far-right? Have the Tories & Reform adopted a strategy of Islamophobia?

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514. Who Is Profiting from Trump's Iran Catastrophe? Mar 25, 2026

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Are Russia, Israel, and Iran itself the real winners from Trump and Netanyahu’s war? Is Starmer right to resist more British involvement in the war? Will the Gulf states realign with Europe and ‘middle powers’ as a result of America’s latest exploits in the Middle East?

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513. Inside Iran: The Country Trump Cannot Control? (Question Time) Mar 19, 2026

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Why are the US and the West as a whole so bad at understanding the cultures of other countries, including Iran, and what do they miss as a result? How will the Iran war unfold over the next six months? Has Trump unleashed a war he ultimately cannot control or end?

Rory, Alastair, and Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour answer all these questions and more.

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512. Trump’s Iran Disaster and the GB News Propaganda Machine Mar 18, 2026

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Is Russia the biggest winner from Trump’s war with Iran? Is GB News little more than a propaganda machine for Reform UK? How toxic is England's water and why does it have the only fully privatised water and sewerage system in the world?

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511. Is Blair Undermining Starmer on Iran? (Question Time) Mar 11, 2026

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Why is Tony Blair criticising Starmer’s approach to Trump’s warmongering in the Middle East? Should European leaders be calling out Trump’s lies more directly? What is actually unfolding inside Iran right now?

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510. How The Iran War Is Spiralling Into a Global Crisis Mar 09, 2026

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Has Trump unleashed a sequence of events nobody in the world can control? How serious are the global consequences? Is this war even more dangerous than the Iraq war?

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The Future of Warfare: Anthropic vs OpenAI Mar 05, 2026

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Is Europe sleepwalking into American AI dependency? Are we building toward a world where AI genuinely thinks for itself? And as AI becomes the backbone of modern warfare, who's really in control?

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509. Labour's Polanski Problem and the Student Loans Scandal (Question Time) Mar 05, 2026

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Does the Gorton and Denton by-election result suggest Labour has been underestimating the threat of the Green Party? Is the UK's tuition fee system less like a loan and more like a punishing graduate tax? As America retreats from the world stage under Trump, could the UK seize the moment to reassert itself as a cultural superpower?

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508. Is Starmer Sleepwalking into War with Iran? Mar 04, 2026

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Is Keir Starmer sleepwalking into a war Britain never agreed to fight? What are Trump's real objectives in attacking Iran? How far will Iran's retaliation go?

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507. The Ayatollah Is Killed - REACTION Mar 01, 2026

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With the confirmation of the death of Iran's Supreme Leader confirmed, where does this leave the regime? Who is being targeted in Iran's retaliation attacks and how have Iranians reacted? Is Trump's bet on regime change his biggest gamble yet?

Rory and Alastair discuss.

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