Well, welcome everybody to this special great get-together podcast.

Of course, this weekend, the 19th to the 21st of June, is traditionally the great get-together weekend as part of the work of the

Joe Cox Foundation. This year, of course, things have been slightly different because the physical

connections that are usually possible, haven't been possible, but in true Joe fashion, who

always focused on what you can do rather

than you can't do, a whole lot of really exciting events are happening as part of the

great get-together weekend through virtual connections, through bringing communities together,

and this podcast. And my name's Jackie Smith, and I'm the chair of the Joe Cox Foundation. I knew

Joe from my time in Labor Women's Network. I was previously a Labour MP and a minister for 10

years, including as the first female Home Secretary, which if you listen to another of our

podcasts, the four The Many, you'll

know that I sometimes go on about a bit much. Now, on the subject of the For The Many podcast,

I'm not doing this on my own today. I'm doing it with my For the Many partner in crime, Ian Dale.

So, Ian, do you just want to introduce yourself for that very,

very small number of people who may not know who you are?

Ha-ha. I present the evening show on LBC Radio. I used to be a conservative candidate, the

electorate for back, though, so I didn't get elected. Otherwise,

I could have been questioning Jackie Smith as home secretary from the back benches, but that delight

never happened. I've been involved in politics and the media one way or another, I suppose,

most of my career. And I've got a book coming out. It was supposed to have been out at the end of

May, but because of what's happening at the moment, it was postponed till August. And I think it's a book that Joe Cox would have

approved of, because it's called, Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Shout Less, Listen More.

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