The Politics of Pop

After Liz Truss got into trouble for playing Moving On Up at her Tory Party Conference speech, Matt Chorley explores the relationship between politics and pop.

He hears from Al Mackenzie from the band D:Ream, Dave Rowntree, who was the drummer for Blur and then became a Labour councillor in Norfolk between 2017 and 2021, Matt Charlton, Music Journalist for the NME and Rolling Stone and Lisa Verrico, Music Journalist at The Sunday Times.

PLUS James Forsyth and Melanie Reid on the heavy cost of Kwarteng’s spending squeeze and young people's support for Ukraine.

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