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Based on his live one man show Rock N 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 vie...
King Charles delivered a perfectly pitched speech in Congress, with many barely coded messages. But will Trump, charmed by royalty, change h...
With another prime minister fighting for his political life, some commentators argue that the job has become impossible. Since 2016 there ha...
Are we in the final days of Starmer’s leadership, or is no potential successor ready to make a move? Rock & Roll Politics is live at the Cam...
Did Starmer deliberately mislead parliament? No. Did Starmer make a terrible misjudgement in appointing Mandelson with a casual detachment?...
There is no money, the economy is barely growing, the war in Iran will cost billions in Britain and there are demands on spending across pub...
In Hungary’s general election the seemingly invincible Viktor Orban has suffered a heavy defeat. But are there any significant lessons for e...
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary since James Callaghan became prime minister. There were many dramas punctuating his short rule in...
The BBC has a new director general, but is he or his army of senior managers - conveniently detached from direct responsibility for the outp...
Recorded live at the York Literary Festival, host Steve Richards is joined by the former cabinet minister Alan Johnson to discuss three Labo...
The emails from the co-operative have been flying - so this podcast concentrates solely on the brilliant, illuminating never-ending debate....
The Observer columnist Philip Collins argues that the future lies on the “centre ground” which he defines as spanning the Cameron government...
With the departure of Morgan McSweeney, the right in the media and well beyond detect that Ed Miliband has become the unofficial prime minis...
Energy prices soar and the British government watches on helplessly. If it were not energy costs, it might have been some other sector causi...
The release of the Mandelson documents shows the degree to which his appointment was a huge risk. Why did the lawyerly, cautious Starmer ove...
Leaks from a national security council meeting suggest cabinet ministers challenged the assumption that Trump should have the automatic righ...
Keir Starmer has dared to question the Trump/Netanyahu attack on Iran, implying it is unlawful and without clear objective. An elected UK pr...
Keir Starmer has said the “mistakes” of Iraq have been learnt and he has published the legal advice that justifies allowing the US to use Br...
In the end the Greens won the Gorton and Denton by-election with ease. Labour were third in one of their safest seats. Reform is no longer t...
This week's by-election has become a big test for Labour, Reform and the Greens. The result is likely to have many consequences, but will it...
Already there is talk of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest triggering the biggest crisis for the royal family since the abdication. But is...
Right wing commentators and newspapers suggest that with the fall of Morgan McSweeney and Keir Starmer fighting for survival, Labour will mo...
In the first live show of 2026 we delve deep with the audience in the hall and on the live stream. We go back decades for much needed contex...
Morgan McSweeney and - we now discover - Peter Mandelson shaped the Starmer leadership in the run up to the election and beyond. Now they ar...
Keir Starmer was not even an MP when Peter Mandelson was part of the New Labour project - a relatively small part. Yet he seems to have had...
In the Gorton and Denton by-election Reform dares to hope it will win. Which party should opponents of Reform back to prevent such an outcom...
A new group has been launched within the Conservative Party aimed at reviving the much diminished ‘One Nation’ wing. Kemi Badenoch has been...
Predictably Keir Starmer has blocked Andy Burnham from standing in the forthcoming by-election. Has Labour had enough of this unique style o...
Trump has pulled back from the brink, but not before he publicly attacked European leaders, including Keir Starmer. The British prime minist...
Robert Jenrick’s defection highlighted the schism on the right, two parties battling it out as Labour and the SDP did in the 1980s. But ther...
I was not planning another podcast on the theme of U-turn, not least when the schism on the right has been highlighted by the sacking of Rob...
Since our last podcast on the risks of an unsubtle focus on the cost of living, the Government has carried out another U-turn to protect pub...
Keir Starmer has proclaimed the government’s entire focus is on the cost of living. But to what degree can he control price rises, and will...
Trump has carried out a coup in Venezuela - how long will he seek to rule over it, and then what? He is not the first US President who has a...
David Cameron had promised a Brexit referendum, and to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership. In a sign of what was to follow, it was not enou...
Shaun Woodward was one of the masterminds behind the Conservatives 1992 election victory and subsequently he became a Tory MP. Soon after La...
Reg Prentice was a Labour cabinet minister after the 1974 elections, but was threatened with deselection by his local Labour party for being...
We know more than we think we know … Sometimes what is in front of our eyes is more interesting than speculating about a hazy future. Here i...
Keir Starmer has endured a rough opening 18 months, but so did Tony Blair in quite similar ways. So why was Blair miles ahead in the polls i...
Here’s the last live show of the year, recorded in the main concert hall at Kings Place. There’s a dramatic answer to the question, will Kei...
Trump’s National Security Strategy is scathing about Europe, and in interviews he intensified his attack on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan....
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have started to become more critical of the ‘Brexit Deal’. David Lammy highlights the benefits of a customs u...
Few buy newspapers and not many read them. So why do they shape the political agenda, not least in determining how the current government is...
The fickle media and Conservative MPs are hailing Kemi Badenoch’s recent performances, making her more secure in her role as leader. The Tor...
After a thousand leaks, speeches and u-turns, Rachel Reeves has delivered her budget. As predicted there were a range of tax rises and some...
In spite of the bleak financial inheritance, Rachel Reeves should have some space with a landslide Commons for radical reforms in her budget...
The Cabinet Office Minister, Nick Thomas-Symonds, has written several political biographies. The most recent was on Harold Wilson. What are...
Within weeks of becoming Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood has announced a set of wide-ranging policies aimed at deterring illegal asylum seek...
There's universal consensus that the briefings from Number 10, warning of a leadership challenge from Wes Streeting and the conduct of "fera...
Tim Davie, Deborah Turness and other senior BBC managers have gone out of their way to please the right, from the treatment of Gary Linker t...
Labour's so-called 'soft left' is becoming more muscular and vocal, but what binds this part of the party and how does it want this governme...