Is the gap between public opinion of Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak narrowing already? Have the Conservatives stolen Rory's idea for a compulsory national service? What tactics are being used to suppress democracy in India?

Rory and Alastair discuss all this and more in today's episode of The Rest Is Politics.

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