Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the podcast with me, Steve Richards.

Thank you so much for tuning in.

We've got a lot to cram in in our time together,

so let's get on with it, if that's okay, with all of you. I'll reflect briefly, because it comes

up again in some fantastic emails, the latest on Reform and Farage in the light of recent events.

Then over to all of you, where we have more

eyewitness accounts from the by-election, more reflections on Burnham, Blair, the state of

the government in that context. Really interesting insights on a whole range of issues.

So, yeah, a lot to get through. Before all of that,

just a reminder, if you subscribe to Patreon, we are live this coming Monday. It's 7 o'clock.

So Patreon subscribers and new subscribers, if you do it before then, do come along. And we can delve deep on

whatever is on your mind, whatever is on my mind. I think we will reflect a bit about the state

of the government in the context of that looming by-election, but much, much more too. It It's great these live events. We're all on video.

It's as if we're in a room together. So that's one of the bonuses, exclusive live events on

Patreon. And then a reminder of a couple of live shows, July the 1st at the legendary rope tackle,

and that will be after the by-election.

And then the final kind of show of the summer before the Edinburgh Festival, which I'll talk about

later, July the 13th in the main concert hall at King's Place, an extra show being put on in the

light of what will be a seismic period in

British politics, depending on the outcome of that by-election. So yeah, loads of things, yeah,

make notes, make notes while you're listening. Even if you're cooking or running or drinking

whiskey or walking up Arthur's seat or whatever you're doing. Yeah, make those notes. And I know

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