568. MAGA's Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland's 'Brexit' Moment

Did Iceland's rejection of EU membership talks repeat the same mistakes as Britain's Remain campaign, and does it hand a dangerous propaganda win to Farage, Putin, and the wider anti-European right? As Russia warns of "consequences" over British missiles built in Ukraine, is the West sleepwalking towards direct confrontation? With one in four Americans now convinced British society is broken, is Trump deliberately weaponising Britain to justify its own domestic agenda?

Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in this week's edition of Question Time.

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