How to make Labour radical again – Glastonbury special with John Harris

The Bunker

Podmasters

News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Glastonbury has been the hot zone for radical ideas since its hippy infancy. But the first Labour government in 15 years is not exactly the hitting the mark for the festival’s audience of utopians and out-of-the-box thinkers. Can Labour get back to its radical roots? The Guardian’s John Harris, who comperes the Left Field at Glastonbury, and campaigner Gracie Mae Bradley who’s guesting at the Left Field this year, come together for a pre-festival summit. • Support us on Patreon for early episodes and more. • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to indeed.com/bunker to get your £100 sponsored credit. Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It can be a little annoying when adverts interrupt your podcast listening, but we do need them to pay the bills.
0:05.7	If you want to keep our pods hail unhealthy and enjoy a smooth ad-free listening experience,
0:11.5	why not sign up to support us on Patreon?
0:13.7	Follow the link in the show notes to find out more.
0:29.2	Hello! Hello and welcome back to the bunker, the home of News Without the Nonsense every weekday morning.
0:32.3	I'm Andrew Harrison, and it is that time of year again.
0:37.7	Like thousands of others, I'm ransacking the loft for tent pegs, scrubbing the mildew off my sleeping bag,
0:42.8	fumigating my wellies and bulk buying hand sanitizer because Glastonbury is upon us.
0:47.2	And as you know, if you've been to the colossal event, formerly known as the Pilton Pop Festival,
0:50.7	it's not just about the bands, the raves, the food and pints of otter ale,
0:55.8	ever since it was the Glastonbury CND Festival, right up to the excess of enthusiasm that was the O. Jeremy Corbyn years, Glastonbury has been the locus of the campaigning left,
1:01.2	the place where you can take the temperature of Radical Britain, specifically in the Left Field,
1:06.6	which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary with speakers including Carol Cadwallader,
1:11.3	Zara-Sultana MP, Caroline Lucas and Andy Burnham, plus live music, including Kate Nash,
1:16.5	Lamprini Girls and Leftfield co-founder Billy Bragg.
1:19.9	Things are a bit different this time. For the first time in 15 years, there's a Labour government,
1:23.8	and it's fair to say that it's not landing too well with the left field audience.
1:28.3	So a big topic over the weekend is going to be, can Labor be nudged into a more radical direction?
1:33.7	To talk about this, I'm joined by Glastonbury veteran and friend of the pod, John Harris of the Guardian,
1:38.6	who hosts the left field. Hello, John.
1:40.3	Hello, I host some of it.
1:41.7	You host some of it. Well, you know, you can't host the whole thing.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 11 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Podmasters, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Podmasters and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.