# Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873.md RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726 Official site: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards Author: Podmasters Episodes: 429 ## Resource 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873.md ## Episodes - [Will a contest against Binface make Farage more prime-ministerial?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/will-a-contest-against-binface-make-farage-more-prime-ministerial) — 2026-07-10T03:00:00+00:00 - [How much trouble is Nigel Farage in?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/how-much-trouble-is-nigel-farage-in) — 2026-07-07T03:00:00+00:00 - [Eve of the Burnham era: Where does power really lie?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/eve-of-the-burnham-era-where-does-power-really-lie) — 2026-07-03T03:00:00+00:00 - [Will Andy Burnham’s big idea work?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/will-andy-burnham-s-big-idea-work) — 2026-06-30T03:00:00+00:00 - [Who should be Andy Burnham’s Chancellor?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/who-should-be-andy-burnham-s-chancellor) — 2026-06-26T03:00:00+00:00 - [What does Andy Burnham really think?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/what-does-andy-burnham-really-think) — 2026-06-22T11:37:59+00:00 - [Andy Burnham wins - what follows?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/andy-burnham-wins-what-follows) — 2026-06-19T10:57:39+00:00 - [What if Keir Starmer is right on defence?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/what-if-keir-starmer-is-right-on-defence) — 2026-06-16T03:00:00+00:00 - [What is the significance of John Healey’s resignation?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/what-is-the-significance-of-john-healey-s-resignation) — 2026-06-12T03:00:00+00:00 - [Does it matter any more if a by-election candidate is out of their depth?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/does-it-matter-any-more-if-a-by-election-candidate-is-out-of-their-depth) — 2026-06-09T03:00:00+00:00 - [Is Farage as formidable as he appears to be?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/is-farage-as-formidable-as-he-appears-to-be) — 2026-06-05T03:00:00+00:00 - [Labour’s battle of ideas - much needed or dangerous?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/labour-s-battle-of-ideas-much-needed-or-dangerous) — 2026-06-02T03:00:00+00:00 - [What does Tony Blair mean by the ‘radical centre’?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/what-does-tony-blair-mean-by-the-radical-centre) — 2026-05-29T03:00:00+00:00 - [Do the fashionable assumptions about Andy Burnham make sense?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/do-the-fashionable-assumptions-about-andy-burnham-make-sense) — 2026-05-26T16:00:00+00:00 - [Is this the strangest leadership crisis in modern times?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/is-this-the-strangest-leadership-crisis-in-modern-times) — 2026-05-22T03:00:00+00:00 - [Why is the phrase ‘Brexit Wars’ dangerous for Britain?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/why-is-the-phrase-brexit-wars-dangerous-for-britain) — 2026-05-19T03:00:00+00:00 - [Can Andy Burnham win the by-election?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/can-andy-burnham-win-the-by-election) — 2026-05-15T12:08:21+00:00 - [Who can lead the ‘people’s revolt’?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/who-can-lead-the-people-s-revolt) — 2026-05-11T14:30:53+00:00 - [Election Special - Who can meet the voters’ hunger for ‘change’?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/election-special-who-can-meet-the-voters-hunger-for-change) — 2026-05-08T14:14:37+00:00 - [How will Reform and the Greens respond to electoral success?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/how-will-reform-and-the-greens-respond-to-electoral-success) — 2026-05-05T13:51:47+00:00 - [Can or should a King change Trump’s view of ’the special relationship'?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/can-or-should-a-king-change-trump-s-view-of-the-special-relationship) — 2026-05-01T03:00:00+00:00 - [Is Britain ungovernable?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/is-britain-ungovernable) — 2026-04-28T03:00:00+00:00 - [How vulnerable is Keir Starmer?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/how-vulnerable-is-keir-starmer) — 2026-04-24T03:00:00+00:00 - [Starmer/Mandelson - Does the plot ever really change?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/starmer-mandelson-does-the-plot-ever-really-change) — 2026-04-21T03:00:00+00:00 - [Is there a danger the government will spend too much on defence?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/is-there-a-danger-the-government-will-spend-too-much-on-defence) — 2026-04-17T03:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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