Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

Based on his live one-man show Rock & Roll Politics, the broadcaster and author Steve Richards takes a weekly behind-the-scenes tour of UK politics and the media that shapes the way we view the epic political dramas. The future is ridiculously unpredictable and the past is so easy to misread. Subscribe to your weekly guide through seismic times.

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Rock N Roll Politics Episode 15
Brexit and the 'betrayal' narrative
25 min
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Rock N Roll Politics-- Episode 14
Boris Johnson' and the Prime Ministers We Never Had
23 min
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Rock N Roll Politics- Episode 13
Brexit/Labour/The Hidden Divide in Uk Politics
23 min
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Episode 12
Andrew Adonis Live at Politics Festival
71 min
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Episode 11
A New Party?
69 min
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Episode 10
Brexit, Brexit, Brexit-and a bit on the BBC
19 min
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Episode 9. Brexit Drama
Reflections on latest Brexit eruptions... two cabinet resignations, the possibility of parliamentary paralysis in relation to Brexit and why a schism in the Conservative party is more likely than an early election
19 min
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Episode 8. Railway Chaos
18 min
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Episode 7. Keir Starmer
The Shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer, was one of the many star guests at the recent Kings Place Politics Festival. Speaking to me as around 100 000 people were marching in London calling for a 'people's referendum' on Brexit Keir Starmer explains...
69 min
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Episode 6. Theresa May and Question Time
What this week's NHS announcement tells us about the fragility of Theresa May and how the insights of Bruce Forsyth could save BBC's Question Time.
18 min
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Episode 5. Brexit Latest and the World Cup
In this week’s podcast I reveal exclusively that the meaningful vote on the Brexit deal will be …meaningful… look forward to England being knocked out of the World Cup and reflect on the glorious TV panels of the 1970s that were often better...
20 min
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Episode 4. Reflections on Jeremy Thorpe... and ...
In this week's podcast I reflect on the real Jeremy Thorpe after the concluding episode of the brilliant BBC drama and the lessons to be learnt from the brief phase when he lit up the political stage. Somehow or other I move on from Thorpe to...
22 min
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Episode 3. Rock N Roll Politics Live
A recording of a recent one man show at Kings Place, London - the wild world of politics reflected in relation to Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, Royal Weddings, the chances of a new party, and much more
81 min
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Episode 2. Reflections on Labour and William Ke...
Steve Richards questions some of the fashionable assumptions about Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell and talks to the legendary Observer columnist William Keegan about Brexit and the Chancellors he has known
37 min
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Episode 1. Theresa May, Brexit and a conversati...
In this first weekly podcast Steve Richards reflects on why Theresa May is no different from all other Prime Ministers in twisting and turning over Europe - while being more trapped than any of her predecessors. He speaks to Andrew Adonis about...
39 min