A World to Win: No Holding Back w/ Ian Lavery and Laura Smith

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of A World to Win, Grace talks to Ian Lavery MP, former Chair of the Labour Party, and Laura Smith, former MP for Crewe and Nantwitch, about their new project No Holding Back, which you can find online and on Twitter.

We discuss whether the Labour Party is still the party of the working classes, the likely impact of Brexit on the UK, and how the Left can rebuild trust with communities across the country in the wake of the pandemic.

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0:14.4	Hello and welcome to a World Twin. This week I talk to Ian Labry MP, former Chair of the Labour Party,
0:18.8	and Laura Smith, former MP for crew and Nantwich.
0:22.4	We discuss their new project No Holding Back, which you can find on
0:26.5	Twitter at n-back 20 and online at no holding back. org. UK. We discuss whether the Labour Party is still the party of the working classes, the likely impact of Brexit on the UK, and how the left can rebuild trust with communities across the country in the wake of the pandemic.
0:46.0	If you want access to the full hour-long episode, along with full interviews with all of our previous guests including brilliant episodes with figures like
0:55.2	Naomi Klein and Dr Cornell West. You can support us on Patreon at patreon.com slash a world to win pod. That's Patreon. dot com slash a World to Win pod.
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1:20.8	Thank you as always to Reverend and the Makers for letting us use their track
1:24.7	Heavyweight champion of the world as our intro and outro music. And thank you to
1:29.7	all our patrons for their support which allows us to bring you each and every episode.
1:34.8	Now here's my conversation with Ian and Laurare and Laura Smith. Thank you so much for joining me on this episode of
1:51.2	a world to win. How are you both doing today?
1:54.4	We're both waiting for the other one to start.
1:58.4	I didn't want to jump in, but Ian was being really polite. I'm absolutely fine Grace how are you? I'm good thank you and you
2:06.1	Ian? I'm okay I think I'm like a lot of other people, in terms of politics, still wondering where we go from here.
2:17.4	I still hope and that we can rise from the ashes and I put up some sort of defence as a left, particularly in Parliament, but outside of Parliament as well.
2:30.0	You know, having this pandemic and being more or less isolated I'm the most
2:35.4	northerly MP in England so I am very isolated and you put your time to think
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