{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726/6ac3a23ded21e3ea757aaec9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is Kemi Badenoch the leader returning to the past?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726/1791205861465-05b62a4e-136b-4278-9662-45db86a0f58a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Tories and the media accuse Andy Burnham of taking Britain back to the 1970s. But is Kemi Badenoch the leader who is returning again - like all Tory leaders - to Thatcherism, at a time when voters are turning against the consequences of the 1980s?</p><p><br></p><p>The next live Rock &amp; Roll Politics show is on Monday December 7th - tickets available from the <u><a href=\"https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/?kw=2026-12-07\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">King’s Place box office</a></u>.</p><p><br></p><p><u><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Patreon here</a></u> for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. </p><p><br></p><p>Written and presented by Steve Richards.</p>","author_name":"Steve Richards"}