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

Thanks so much for tuning in.

Well, what a week it was last week and there's going to be an equivalent this week with

Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement.

It's another of those moments which is described as pivotal.

Let's see.

I'll be reflecting on that in a moment, if that's okay,

with all of you. And also, of course, we've got, I think this will be really interesting.

In the COVID inquiry hearing, we hear from the scientists. When you hear this podcast,

some of them will have spoken. And that too will be illuminating as a door is open wider.

We knew a lot of what was going on because you could tell from the surface chaos of the government's response to COVID.

But now more light is being shone.

And then, of course, in the weeks following we hear from johnson

and co so there's that and many other things whirling around this is a time when the rock and roll

politics cooperative need to gather regularly to delve deep and make sense of it all.

Just a couple of notices talking of that precise theme. If you are on Patreon or subscribe to

the rock and roll politics version of Patreon, we are gathering together for an exclusive event

on Thursday evening, the day after Hunt's Autumn

Statement, where I think there will be a lot of politics being played out and a few

surprises. Some of you will be listening to this afterwards. What I'm going to say on it,

by the way, will be timeless, will work whether you've heard it or not. So do subscribe to

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