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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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