Maro Itoje eyes politics: ‘Opportunity to effect real change is attractive’ Sport England, Saracens and British and Irish Lions captain Maro Itoje has talked up his interest in a career in politics when he hangs up his rugby boots. Itoje, 30, discussed his post-playing ambitions in an appearance on the Rest Is Politics podcast with Westminster veterans Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart. “It’s something that is of [...]
Why it matters that The Rest Is Politics gets everything wrong Opinion On issues from Trump to Syria, Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s wildly popular podcast The Rest is Politics is actively making its millions of listeners less informed, says James Price “I wasn’t fundamentally wrong because I was patronising to people. I was wrong because I’m an optimist and I hate the idea of being wrong [...]
What can Britain learn from El Salvador about policing the riots? Opinion El Salvador’s president has transformed his country’s fortunes and won an electoral landslide with his zero-tolerance approach to gangs. We should take a similar approach to the hardened criminals involved in the riots, says James Price Mercy, justice, grace. Heavy themes for a Wednesday morning, more often dealt with from the pulpit than the pages [...]
The Notebook: The City still has a class problem, and it needs to address it May 9, 2024 Paras Anand, CIO of Artemis Fund Managers, takes the Notebook pen to talk about class, grad schemes and Rory Stewart.