77. David Blunkett: Tony Blair, growing up blind, and where Margaret Thatcher went wrong (Part 1)

Leading

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 2 June 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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How did the loss of industry in the 1980s affect David Blunkett's politics? What was his experience growing up blind in Sheffield? How did Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair compare? Rory and Alastair are joined by David Blunkett to discuss all this and more in the first part of this double-header special. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. TRIP FIRST 100 DAYS TOUR: To buy tickets for our October Election Tour, just head to www.therestispolitics.com Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: [email protected] Podcast Editor: Nathan Copelin Video Editor: Teo Ayodeji-Ansell Social Producer: Jess Kidson Assistant Producer: Fiona Douglas Producer: Nicole Maslen Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.8	Hi, it's Alistair here and you're about to listen to the first part of a two-part
0:48.8	interview that we recorded just before Rishis Sunak announced the general election with David Blunkett,
0:56.3	absolute giant, wonderful man and I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as Rory and I
1:01.9	enjoyed talking to him. Part one now.
1:07.0	Welcome to the rest is policy leading with me, Alistair Campbell and me Rory Stewart.
1:15.4	And I'm pleased to say I'm sitting opposite one of my closest friends from politics.
1:19.7	It won't stop giving him a hard time from time but this is Lord David Blunkett who was one of the
1:27.8	major figures of the new labor years and long time before that as well. David, a credible life really, born
1:37.8	blind, went to a boarding school that I'm sure he'll tell us about was pretty rough at times.
1:45.2	Had a horrific childhood experience when his father had a terrible industrial accident which
1:51.8	killed him, became the youngest ever counselor in the country, age 22,
1:59.3	became a council leader, not that much later, eventually became an MP and a key part of the Labour Party, first
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