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

Thank you for tuning in.

And we've got a lot to cram in as ever.

There's a lot going on.

And if it's okay with you, I will reflect on Kirstama's new number 10, the departure of Sue Gray.

And what we can learn from it in terms of the likely course of the

government and what has happened so far in its 100 days virtually since the general election.

And then we come to some brilliant questions. So the questions are getting really amazing. And so many of them and so varied,

but I will preview the question section by saying, we have some more on Jeremy Thorpe and Doctor Who.

It has become the biggest theme of questions since whether the rock and roll politics cooperative backed electoral reform.

Most of you did, and you converted me because I wasn't in favour, but I was converted by some of you.

Anyway, the Jeremy Thorpe, Dr. Who thing is as big.

So there's questions on that and many other things as well. So Sue Gray has gone

and there will be thousands of words written about it. There already has been. But when these

behind the scenes advisors are moved, it usually tells us more about the political players. And it is

interesting, I think, and to some extent disturbing, that Kirstama has struggled to find a chief

of staff that works for him. In opposition, he had several, including, incidentally, for a short

time, Morgan McSweeney, who is now back in as chief of staff. And there are two ways of interpreting it.

One, very flattering that Keir Stama is utterly ruthless, and when things aren't working, he moves very quickly to repair the

situation. And that is clearly true. I mean, he is absolutely ruthless. And if he senses things

aren't working, he will move people, whether they are friends, whether he appointed them himself

or whatever. But the other side is that Kirstama is still

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