With the UK general election only weeks away, academic, writer, adventurer, politician, and diplomat Rory Stewart joins us to discuss what political change could mean for businesses. In a wide-ranging conversation with Partner Leona Ahmed, they cover the green agenda, AI regulation, foreign investment, and current geopolitical events that could have significant implications for the future.

Topics covered include:

• what a Labour win might mean for business
• why the green agenda is likely to return to prominence
• Labour’s plans for foreign investment to fuel growth
• the impact of AI and how the UK might approach regulation
• whether the US election result might make the UK a more attractive option for investors
• geopolitical events businesses might not be aware of which could have significant implications.

Our guest speaker

Rory Stewart

Rory Stewart has been an academic, writer, adventurer, politician, and diplomat. After spending time in the Army and the diplomatic service, he trekked across Afghanistan, was appointed a fellow at Harvard, and wrote a number of books before entering Parliament, where he served as a minister and ran for party leader. He now co-hosts The Rest is Politics with Alastair Campbell.