As compared with Robert who like so many owes his profile to the ability to stare reality in the face but never describe it.

The Tory-Starmer UK political class feels too corrupted to comment on seriously, but I'd nevertheless say new cabinet from renewables perspective is positive to have Kwarteng in HMT (given his closeness to renewables at BEIS) but by same token Rees-Mogg at BEIS is very unnerving.

Aside from this quote, my favourite part of the interview is Ahmed saying as an Egyptian with political asylum that he'd like to run for local office in Istanbul. It speaks a few truths of modern Turkey - none covered in the West - that this could be possible or even considered.

I interviewed an Egyptian friend in Istanbul for Democracy in Exile. We talked about Alaa Abd El Fattah and the #FreeAlaa campaign, exile in Turkey now and Egypt then, as well as Libya, Arab solidarity, and being a small part in a revolution. dawnmena.org/i-wanted-to-ge…