Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

I knew my reflections on the Russia-Ukraine War and wider global tensions would trigger a brilliant reaction from the Rock & Roll Politics co-operative…and it has done. There are now several never-ending debates taking place here: how do wars end? Should we rejoin the EU? Should the triple lock be scrapped? How to change the voting system? And much more.• Steve’s latest video livestream is on Thur 29 Oct and it’s FREE and exclusive to Patreon backers. Sign up as a backer to watch on the Patreon page. • The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday Dec 7th at London’s Kings Place– tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Support the pod on Patreon for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards.

With the war in Ukraine continuing into another dark winter, how can it end? And - a different question - how should it end? The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday Dec 7th - tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards.

The Office for Budget Responsibility continues to play a big part in pre-budget calculations - but should it? Nobody elected the OBR, as Liz Truss pointed out when she sought to bypass it…The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday Dec 7th - tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards.

The consequences of Brexit have been rarely explored since Lord Frosty Frost negotiated a trade deal that was agreed chaotically on Christmas Eve 2020. Now Andy Burnham declares Brexit has caused more harm than good, and most voters agree. What will happen next? The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday Dec 7th - tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here to join the next exclusive live event on October 29th, the day after the Budget. Plus, exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, and the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards.

Labour has won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election… but what are the implications for the Greens? And was “Kemi”’s speech to the Conservative Conference really the centrist triumph that the media reported?The next Rock & Roll Politics live show takes place on Monday Dec 7th at Kings Place, London. Get your tickets from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards.

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?The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday December 7th - tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards.