The current Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, is in the news most days of the week. Lord Robin Butler, who served under Thatcher, Major and Blair, joins me this week to reflect on his time in the Cabinet Office, comparing parliamentary dramas then and now...

Plus, reflections on NIcola Sturgeon's shock resignation, and the consequences likely to stem from it...

Rock & Roll Politics is live:

Birmingham March 21 https://1000trades.org.uk/events/

King's Place London Mar 23 https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/steve-richards-presents-rock-n-roll-politics-2/

Belfast Black Box, Hill Street Mar 26 https://imaginebelfast.com/events/steve-richards-the-rocknroll-politics-show/

Ropetackle Shoreham March 29 https://ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/steve-richards-rock-n-roll-politics/

Witham Barnard Castle April https://thewitham.org.uk/event/steve-richards-rock-and-roll-politics-2/

Old Market Theatre Brighton April 24 https://www.theoldmarket.com/shows/steve-richards-rock-n-roll-politics-2023

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