For a little while now there have been questions as to whether the commentary of Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their podcast The Rest Is Politics is in tune with reality. Ahead of the US election, Stewart – the former Tory politician – claimed with certainty that Kamala Harris would win only to be left with egg on his face when instead Donald Trump romped home. Meanwhile Campbell was slammed by renowned writer and women’s rights campaigner JK Rowling after he appeared to belatedly discover the degree to which gender ideology concerns voters. Now Stewart and Campbell have turned their attention to Britain’s grooming gang scandal – brought back to the top of the news agenda thanks to Elon Musk. Only how helpful or, er, accurate, their comments on the issue are is another matter…
In a recent episode, the dynamic duo frame the re-emergence of reports on the sexual abuse of young women and children by Asian gangs as a PR battle between Sir Keir Starmer and Musk.
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