Ep. 34 The start of a scandal

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News, News & Politics

4.7 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Amelia Gentleman’s work exposing the Windrush Scandal is some of the most impactful and well-renowned journalism of recent years. But where did it all begin?

Amelia explains how a simple email she received while on holiday, set off a chain of events that would lead to arguably the biggest story of her illustrious career.

Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-windrush-betrayal/amelia-gentleman//9781783351848

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0:00.0	Hello you. It's Glow Time on Magic Radio.
0:05.6	Join me, Gokwan, at breakfast.
0:08.5	With me, Harriet Scott.
0:10.3	We're on Magic Radio with Nikki Chapman, Gabby Roslyn, and me, Mel Gedroich.
0:15.7	And what a team we are.
0:19.1	We're all on Magic Radio, playing the best variety.
0:22.6	From the 80s to now.
0:25.2	It's Glow Time on Magic Radio.
0:27.2	The rest is still a riddle. Investigative journalism is hard.
0:40.3	You can work for months, even years on a subject you think is the most important in the world,
0:45.4	only for the powers that be to carry on regardless.
0:49.6	So I've spent years writing about the government's welfare reform program and its changes to disability
0:57.4	benefits. And I really hope that there would be some kind of change to the decisions that have
1:03.1	been taken as a result of that reporting. And there wasn't really. But just occasionally,
1:10.4	journalism can bring about great changes in the world.
1:13.7	And this is one of those stories.
1:17.1	My name's Amelia Gentleman and I'm a reporter with The Guardian.
1:21.1	You will have heard of Amelia's work.
1:23.4	For years, she's uncovered massive stories for The Guardian.
1:27.1	Last year, she reported a story that would have seismic repercussions,
1:31.7	affecting thousands of people's lives.
1:34.6	The story of the betrayal of the Windrush Generation.
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