Why “The Rest Is Politics”, a British podcast, is a hit
Centrism and an old-fashioned approach to broadcasting are at its core
THE volume is thundering, the lighting dazzling. Some in the crowd who fill the O2 arena in east London on October 15th are downing burgers and beer; others wear T-shirts bearing their heroes’ faces. And on a small stage in the centre of the venue, Rory Stewart, a 51-year-old former Tory MP in a Nehru jacket, is talking about the tax policies of the new Labour government. “They’ve ruled out income tax, which is the blue; VAT, which is the silver,” he sighs. Around the arena 15,000 pairs of eyes study a colourful graph that fills the screens suspended over his head. “All the other stuff is rounding errors!” There is applause, and a shout of: “More!”
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The most sensible show on earth”
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