The Rest Is Politics· Folge 525

525. JD Vance vs. the Pope and the Far-Right Funding Machine (Question Time)

Donnerstag, 23. April 2026 · 45 min

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Why do Trump and JD Vance keep arguing with the Pope about theology? Who is funding the British and European far-right? As nationalism grows in Scotland and Wales, did devolution make this inevitable?

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