Danny Finkelstein in conversation

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.6 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Lord Finkelstein has had a unique career. A Times columnist, Tory peer and former advisor to Prime Ministers and leaders, he got his start as a member of centre-left SDP. Now, he’s on the board of Chelsea FC — a dream job, but one that brings with it some dilemmas on match day. I speak to him about disagreements with his friends in the country's highest offices, expressing his own views as a Tory Lord and his upcoming book Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad... Rock & Roll Politics is live: York, Mar 17th https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/the-prime-ministers-reflections-on-leadership-from-harold-wilson-to-rishi-sunak/ Birmingham March 21 https://1000trades.org.uk/events/ King's Place London Mar 23 https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/steve-richards-presents-rock-n-roll-politics-2/ Belfast Black Box, Hill Street Mar 26 https://imaginebelfast.com/events/steve-richards-the-rocknroll-politics-show/ Ropetackle Shoreham Mar 29 https://ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/steve-richards-rock-n-roll-politics/ Witham Barnard Castle Apr 1 https://thewitham.org.uk/event/steve-richards-rock-and-roll-politics-2/ Old Market Theatre Brighton April 24 https://www.theoldmarket.com/shows/steve-richards-rock-n-roll-politics-2023 Follow me on Patreon for early access to episodes and bonus podcast series: https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
0:07.0	What's different?
0:09.0	It's Budweiser, a perfect beer for party season.
0:14.0	Best enjoyed with your best buds.
0:20.0	Cheers to that. Budweiser, Lackenosa. Best enjoyed with your best butts.
0:22.3	Cheers to that.
0:25.3	Budweiser, like no other.
0:26.8	Please drink responsibly.
1:03.9	For the facts, visit drinkaware.com. The Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the twice weekly podcast with me, Steve Richards.
1:08.3	Thank you for tuning in, wherever you are in the UK, and indeed, around the rest of the world.
1:12.8	And as you all know, the second podcast of the week, we have a conversation.
1:19.2	And I'm thrilled today to be having a chat with Lord Finkelstein, Danny Finkelstein, Daniel Finkelstein, known as all kinds of things, who has always interested me because in a way,
1:26.8	I think anyway, he has the dream combination of being immersed
1:31.8	in politics, but also in political journalism. He's just written another book and has also got the
1:37.9	dream of being on the board of his football team. I mean, Danny, I envy every element of that.
1:44.0	Is it as good as it sounds before we delve deeper?
1:47.5	Yeah, the football bit is a big responsibility, actually. And when you go to games, I mean, I've been
1:52.4	going to Stanford Bridge for 50 years. I'm actually sitting there now, in fact. I've been going to
1:57.4	Stanford Bridge for 50 years. And obviously, you take all the defeats like seriously, but suddenly you feel, actually, I've been going to Stanford Bridge for 50 years. And obviously you take all the defeats like seriously.
2:03.0	But suddenly you feel actually I've got a sense of responsibility to other fans to try to do something or to make sure that fan views are registered with the owners of the club and things like.
2:12.0	So it's added that element into it.
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