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I'm going to Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics with me, Steve Richards. Thank you so much for tuning in, wherever you are in the the UK, and indeed around the rest of the world.

And as ever, we've had loads of questions from around the world, as well as across the UK,

hundreds actually, unsurprisingly, probably, given the what's going on. Welcome to Rock and Roll

Politics, the Weekly podcast with me, Steve Richards. We've got tons to cram in

together, in our time together, as we always do. I mean, since we all last gathered, Quarteng's

been sacked. We've got a new chancellor who argues for an entirely different economic policy,

the mini budget, so called. it must be go down as the most

famous mini budget ever, has been scrapped and there is inevitable speculation about how long

trusts can survive. It is one of the most bizarre situations in politics in a very competitive field. The last

12 years has given us constant contortions and weirdnesses and dramas, especially the period since

Brexit, and you sense that Brexit is a root. It's very interesting, you know. There's very few

iron laws in politics, but one of them is this. Accident-prone governments don't become

accident-prone by accident. There are always deep roots. Anyway, if it's all right with all of you,

I'll reflect on some of the deep roots and the implications, as well as it's quite dangerous analyzing the immediate, because the immediate changes so quickly.

So by the time I finish recording the podcast, you know, who knows what will have happened.

And then by the time you all listen and reflect and take part in one way or another,

it could have all changed again, but I'll try and do as much of that as possible.

Some very quick notices.

What a time for the live shows.

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