Steve Richards | Rock ‘n Roll Politics

Sat 25 Apr 2026 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Headshot of author Steve Richards

In a special Festival show, commentator Steve Richards (author of Tony Blair – A Biography and Turning Points – Crisis and Change in Modern Britain) takes us behind the scenes of the latest epic political dramas and seeks to make sense of it all… sort of. Can Keir Starmer survive? What’s causing
the fracturing of British politics from Reform to the Greens? As Trump triggers mayhem, will Britain move closer to Europe? Plus Unreliable Predictions, Question Time, and much more.

Venue: TTP Stage (Cambridge Union)

Duration: 1 hour

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Author Biography

Steve Richards was the Independent’s chief political commentator for over ten years. He is now a regular panellist with Andrew Neil on BBC One’s Sunday Politics. He also presents Radio 4’s ‘Week in Westminster’. Steve regularly appears on TV current affairs programmes and writes across a number of print publications, including the Guardian, Times and Independent.