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Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

What is the key ingredient that makes a leader stronger?

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

Podmasters

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer is an evasive leader but on one point he is clear: he is a pragmatist, has no time for ideology and there will be no ‘Starmerism’. But without strong ideological convictions can a leader flourish? Plus, brilliant questions from the Rock & Roll Politics co-operative. Rock & Roll Politics is live in the main concert hall at Kings Place on July 17th.. The End of the Political Year Special. Tickets here. Subscribe to Patreon for bonus podcasts, the main podcast a day early and ad free… plus special exclusive live events. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:10.0

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0:15.0

And say yes to easy breezy trips with a free aircon check.

0:19.0

Our experts are on hand with checks, advice and fitting. So pop into your local store or shop online and say yes to summer at Halford's. Subject to availability, see Halvest.com for Fulties and Seas. Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the podcast with me, Steve Richards.

0:50.6

Thank you for tuning in. And as promised, this is the second podcast of the week.

0:56.7

The week before the Witt Recess or Half-Term or however you like to describe it, we have no time for

1:02.1

questions because we did a special with Michael Heseltine from the Cambridge Book Festival.

1:07.9

And if we had had questions as well from the rock and roll politics cooperative,

1:12.1

the podcast would have lasted for about eight hours. And although there would have been a great

1:16.5

appetite for this, I think perhaps a limited one. But your questions flowed in that and so many

1:21.9

are really interesting and important and significant, I think, and sheds light on the current situation in all kinds

1:30.0

of different ways. But that's one of the reasons why we're having two this week. It's not the

1:35.0

only one. There's so much happening. And I was very keen to do a sequel to my reflection with

1:42.3

regards to the earlier podcast this week, which I'll come to in a moment.

1:47.6

So this is what we're going to do.

1:49.0

My follow-up to the sermon from earlier this week, a second sermon on a similar theme.

1:57.6

And then we will go to your brilliant range of questions. No notices this week, except to say

2:04.1

that early next week, I'll try and give more detail of, you know, in our podcast when we all

2:09.6

gather next week on what I'm finding to do at the Edinburgh Festival, because I'm suddenly aware

2:14.8

it is, it is loomic. It is coming fast down the track.

2:21.2

But anyway, for context, for new listeners to this podcast thinking, what the hells are

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