Where does the never-ending Trump show leave Britain and its ‘special relationship’?
Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards
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4.7 • 909 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Trump has pulled back from the brink, but not before he publicly attacked European leaders, including Keir Starmer. The British prime minister also expressed publicly his opposition to Trump’s plans to ‘control’ Greenland and threaten tariffs.
Outside the EU and with a US President launching threats and public onslaughts, where is Britain’s place in the world? Plus, brilliant questions on the split between Reform and the Conservatives.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to rock a roll politics, the podcast with me, Steve Richards, part two, |
| 0:15.9 | the end of the week podcast. And what a few days it has been. Before we start, you can guess what I'm |
| 0:24.2 | going to be reflecting on briefly. And then we come to your amazing questions. And we're going to |
| 0:29.3 | stick to two themes, if that's okay with you, with the questions. One on the schism on the |
| 0:34.8 | right, with the defections to reform from the Conservative Party, |
| 0:38.9 | some great responses to some of my reflections on that earlier in the week. |
| 0:43.5 | And then obviously this issue about Britain's place in the world, |
| 0:48.1 | defence in the light of all these fast-moving events, |
| 0:51.7 | and some fantastic responses to Peter Sumner's email to the Rock and Roll |
| 0:56.7 | Politics Cooperative, which I read out, I think, in full in the podcast earlier in the week. |
| 1:03.7 | But we'll come to all of that. First of all, two or three notices, if that's okay with you all. |
| 1:09.5 | First of all, there were some technical issues with |
| 1:12.1 | the podcast earlier in the week if you get it via the iPhone. I got a text from White Van Man, |
| 1:19.3 | Andy, at about what time was it, White Van Man? About quarter six in the morning, I think, |
| 1:25.2 | saying, oh, Steve, I think I'm listening to the one that I |
| 1:29.0 | heard last week. And I texted Andy, say, that's, no, no, that's impossible. You can't be. |
| 1:36.3 | It's a new one. Anyway, as ever, White Van Man, Andy was right. There were a few technical issues, |
| 1:43.5 | but I hope you got it. If you didn't |
| 1:45.4 | get it, you can get it now. And it's on the different theme. It's on the degree to which the |
| 1:51.8 | Tory party and reform are different, or in fact very similar. And what that means in terms of |
| 1:59.3 | the build up to the next British general election. |
| 2:03.4 | And some of you obviously heard the podcast because I've had some very interesting responses, |
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