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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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Episodes
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsLockdown Special: The Lessons From Setting a Target For Tests
This week I reflect on Matt Hancock not meeting his testing target, claiming to do so..and the triumph he could have claimed for getting close to his goal…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsRock N Roll Politics The Virtual Show-A Trail
Rock n Roll Politics the Lockdown Special is on the Kings Place website at 7pm on Monday April 27th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsCoronavirus-The daily press conferences v reality on the frontline
I am hooked on the Number 10 daily press conferences even though they are dull and reveal little..perhaps my addiction is explained by the gap between the…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsB Johnson- A PM in hospital ; An interview with T Blair on Labour
In this episode I look at how perceptions of B Johnson changed in terms of his role as a Prime Minister when he was moved to Intensive Care-he was viewed…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsVirus: Powerless ministers in 'reformed' NHS and Keir Starmer
Not for the first time ministers are hoist by their own petard as they try to exert control over the NHS only to discover they gave away their powers to do…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsJohnson and The Virus; Starmer and Leadership
B Johnson has been famous for so long it is easy to forget how inexperienced he is as a PM facing the big challenge since 1945...and now he gets the virus…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsThe State Is Back In Fashion
n this episode: The coronavirus means all fashionable assumptions are turned on their head. We turn to the state to come to our rescue after decades in the UK…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsThe Virus becomes political and the Budget changes politics
n the latest episode of Rock N Roll Politics I conclude I was wrong a week ago in suggesting that the virus would not become political...and a Tory Chancellor…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics
Brexit not done, a virus spreading across the globe, a Labour leader soon to be elected-what is the most politically significant? Learn more about your ad…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics
B Johnson began his leadership acting as if was a Prime Minister with a landslide majority. Machismo and assertions of 'strong leadership' become problematic…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics
Boris Johnson is Prime Ministers and forms his Brexit cabinet ready to plan for a 'no deal' Brexit. The juxtaposition of.a government with a crusading mission…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics
As a new Prime Minister prepares to acquire the crown Steve Richards reflects on Boris, the fantasy of scrutiny in the Tory Leadership contest or any…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics-the Podcast
Steve Richards reflects on the gaping gap between the Tory leadership battle and the parliamentary reality the winner will face- and why an early election may…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards presents Rock N Roll Politics
The importance of a leader's character is often overplayed but not at the moment. Theresa May presses on with her version of Brexit with a ruthless…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsRock N Roll Politics
I explain why T May still holds most of the Brexit cards even if MPs get an extension to Article 50..most likely outcome of this very early Brexit phase is…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics
At an epic point in the Brexit saga I reflect on the still pivotal role of T May, the less pivotal but vital stance of J Corbyn, J Bercow and all MPs…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics
In the latest podcast I try and struggle to make sense of crazy Brexit events- T May goes on to Today programme for a silly interview, the Attorney General…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsSteve Richards Presents Rock N Roll Politics
Why the transformation of the Conservative parliamentary party over recent decades means T May will lose the vote on her deal...plus the reason why she could…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 18
As the Brexit drama reaches a nerve shredding and unpredictable climactic I reflect on the roles of T May, J Corbyn and G Brown's recent Brexit speech....and…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsRock N Roll Politics Episode 16
In this latest episode I reflect on wider implications of the Newsnight interview with George Osborne and the subsequent glorious response of Polly Toynbee-…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsRock N Roll Politics Episode 15
In this week's podcast I explore the most destructive and potent theme in UK politics -'betrayal'. If T May insists on the false Brexit choice of 'her deal v…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsRock N Roll Politics-- Episode 14
In this week's episode I explore the Prime Ministers we never had. All the factors that blocked them apply to Boris Johnson making it much less likely that he…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsRock N Roll Politics- Episode 13
In this week's episode-Referendums are a nightmare and yet a second Brexit referendum is both desirable and feasible; Corbyn and anti semitism-the furore over…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 12
My reflections on Brexit latest and the Labour anti semitism row-another in a long line of imprecise UK political scandals...and then a chance to hear Andrew…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 11
What are the merits, flaws and chances of a new political party being formed? At the recent Kings Place Politics Festival Ian Birrell, Rachel Sylvester…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 10
Reflections on what will not happen in the Brexit saga. There'll be no National Government. There'll be no election. Theresa May's Brexit Plan will not last…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 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…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 8. Railway Chaos
There are many lessons from the shambolic introduction of new railway timetables and most of them apply to all public services in the UK. They are so obvious…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 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…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 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. Learn more…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 5. Brexit Latest and the World Cup
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…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 4. Reflections on Jeremy Thorpe... and Brexit
Reflections 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…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 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…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 2. Reflections on Labour and William Keegan
Steve Richards questions some of the fashionable assumptions about Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell and talks to the legendary Observer columnist…
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve RichardsEpisode 1. Theresa May, Brexit and a conversation with Andrew Adonis
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 -…