Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the podcast with me, Steve Richards, and indeed all of you.

Thank you very much indeed for tuning in.

And we've got, as ever, a huge amount to cram in our time together.

There's a lot going on.

And I will be reflecting briefly because there has been a storm of reflections already on the

Biden resignation and what that implies and what that tells us about leadership. I'll be looking at it

from a kind of slightly different perspective. And then if there's time, but if not for another episode,

I want to reflect on why incoming

Labour governments are always more cautious than incoming conservative governments who

tend to move from the radical right at the speed of sound. Why? Why? And what are the consequences?

But that is kind of a big theme. And with this US drama being played out, maybe not time for that this week. But there will be domestic politics anyway because some of your brilliant questions return us to the new political landscape in the United Kingdom.

Now, actually, the biggest announcement is

nothing to do with Biden's statement, pulling out of the US presidential race. For Patreon

subscribers of rock and roll politics, as promised, we're going to get together again for

another live event.

So if you subscribe to Patreon, the bonus this month is a live event together on July the 30th,

Tuesday, July the 30th at 7pm, the end of this political year and what a year it has been. So please do join us. Please do

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It's great. So that's Tuesday, July the 30th. If you're already a Patreon, no doubt you'll

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