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Lauren Morris

Jon Sopel aims ‘jibe’ at Alastair Campbell after beating him to coveted podcast award

Alastair Campbell Jon Sopel Podcast
  • Alastair Campbell and Jon Sopel engaged in a light-hearted social media rivalry after their podcasts competed for an award.
  • Sopel's podcast, The News Agents, won the Political Podcast of the Year at the Society of Editors’s News Podcast Awards, beating Campbell's The Rest is Politics.
  • Sopel publicly teased Campbell on X (formerly Twitter) about the win, with Campbell responding in kind.
  • Despite their public sparring, their 'feud' is friendly, with Campbell having appeared on The News Agents and the two having a history of playful interactions.
  • Both The Rest is Politics and The News Agents are highly successful and popular political podcasts in the UK, often topping streaming charts.

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The Rest is Rivalry: Alastair Campbell takes playful swipe at podcast competitor Jon Sopel after award loss

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