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The Tone Commandments

5/28/20261 hr

Nothing says Elder Statesman like dumping publically on your party, its leader and its wannabe leaders in the midst of a crisis and weeks before a series of tricky by-elections. And so to Tony Blair, a man so brim-full of his own wisdom that it took him 5,700 words plus a BBC interview to say Labour and its team is a bit, well, lefty for his liking. Alex, Naomi and Kenny try to tease out the reasons for Blair's bombshell intervention, which comes as fellow New Labour traveller Gordon Brown is drafted in to help Starmer and the other fellow traveller, Peter Mandelson... never mind. Plus the latest on the Tories, Greens, Lib Dems, and goings-on in Scotland, Ireland and Wales. All that and we still managed to do it in fewer than 5,700 words. Probably. SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • We have put together a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BLUESKY STARTER PACK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, if you would like to join us there • Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • Cover image tablet from pngtree.com • Cover image frame by tohamina on Magnific Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    Uh, if we can talk entirely frankly and, and off the record, when I went to, to, to meet the Emir of Kuwait, and you meet all the, the heads of state in Buckingham Palace, and I was told when I went to meet the Emir of Kuwait that you had to wait for him because he was a member of the royal family. You have to wait for him to speak to you. Um, what I didn't realize was that, in fact, it is the custom of the Arab princes always to wait for you to speak to them first. [laughing] So I had quite an interesting meeting with him really. [laughing] I sat there in complete silence- [laughing] ... what probably was only two or three minutes, but a very long period of time, to the conclusion which [laughs] I finally decided I had to say something, and I asked him, I mean, I do apologize for the daftness of this question. I said, "Well, how is Kuwait then?" [laughs] [laughing] To which he replied, "Well, after the Gulf War, it has been difficult." [laughing] There was then another very long silence. Um, sorry, you probably think at the end of this evening, this completely disqualifies me from being prime minister. [laughing] Anyway.

  2. Alex Andreou· Host1:04

    [upbeat music] Welcome to Quiet Riot, the politics podcast that's more day rave than heat wave. I'm Alex Andreou.

  3. Naomi Smith· Host1:16

    And I'm Naomi Smith, here to bring a cooling breeze to the latest hot topics. We separate the smoke from the mirrors so that you don't have to.

  4. Alex Andreou· Host1:26

    All while giving you plenty of ideas so you can roll up

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