Has The UK got a foreign policy? If so, what is it?

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.6 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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As the UK is excluded from the latest US/EU initiative, Steve Richards asks what is its role in the world? The same question was asked during the Suez crisis in 1956 and during the rows over Brexit. When the UK reaches crucial turning points does it turn, or do the key questions remain unresolved? Support Rock N Roll Politics on Patreon and get exclusive benefits including bonus episodes and much more: https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics At the start of a new political year Rock N Roll Politics is live at Kings Place this Wednesday. Tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/rock-n-roll-politics-9/ Steve’s latest book Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain From 1945 to Truss is now available for pre-order: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turning-Points-Crisis-Change-Britain/dp/1035015358/ref=sr_1_2?crid=QRFD2ZSG4CJG&keywords=steve+richards+books&qid=1694439462&sprefix=steve+r%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-2 The New European sponsors Rock & Roll Politics - to get full access to the site for just £1 per week PLUS a £25 voucher to spend in their online store, visit www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:53.1	Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the podcast with me, Steve Richards.
0:58.7	Thank you very much for tuning in.
1:01.1	And as ever, we have got a heck of a lot to cram in in our time together.
1:07.1	I want to start with this tweet from the summit in India. It was tweeted by Biden and
1:16.8	others. And this is what it says. A new commitment to develop a new India, Middle East, Europe
1:23.9	economic corridor. And it outlines some of the things that will arise from this commitment.
1:31.5	And the countries involved are the United States, India, Saudi Arabia,
1:38.0	the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union.
1:44.0	No mention of the United Kingdom, which is one of
1:49.0	several issues that leads me to pose the question about Britain's place in the world. Where is it
1:55.7	post-Brexit? What is it? And if it's all right with all of you, I'd like to do it in the context of the book
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