John McDonnell MP: The most left-wing Chancellor we never had

Sweeney Talks

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 20 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Throughout the glory days of New Labour, John McDonnell sat on the backbenches, a-snivelling and a-sniping. Then his best mate, Jeremy Corbyn, became Labour Leader and the Left got achingly close to power. But in 2019, it all went horribly wrong, as Labour lost voters on all sides and suffered a crushing defeat to the Tories. Boris Johnson became Prime Minister and John quit the shadow cabinet. Labour were in trouble… big trouble. How did John cope with such an emphatic rejection by the British public? For exclusive bonus content visit Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KuWb/

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0:00.0	This is a Global Player original podcast.
0:08.2	Welcome to Sweeney Talks.
0:09.8	It's a podcast series where I get to interview people who've done serious stuff with their lives and then got into trouble.
0:16.4	Big trouble.
0:17.6	I'm not here to lecture them about that.
0:19.9	I'm kind of a professor of big trouble ology myself.
0:23.3	I've got history with the Church of Scientology, North Korea, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin,
0:29.6	Tommy Robinson and the Russian army. I'm here to find out what it feels like to be in the deep doo-doo.
0:39.4	How you survive it, and then how the hell you get out of it.
0:43.4	If you've been in trouble, you're not alone.
0:47.0	So, come along for the ride.
0:49.2	You might learn some new tricks.
0:51.1	You might have a laugh, but one thing is sure.
0:56.8	The best stories aren't told by the well-behaved. And once you've listened to the interview, you can hear what I really think
1:05.2	about it. In Sweeney keeps talking. Find that exclusively on Global Player. Today's guest is John McDonnell, the most
1:15.6	left-wing chancellor we never had throughout the glory days of new labour. Or were they that glorious?
1:23.4	John sat on the back benches, a sniveling and a sniping.
1:28.0	But then his busy mate Jeremy Corbyn becomes Labour leader,
1:31.3	and the left get achingly close to power.
1:34.8	But in 2019, it all goes horribly wrong.
1:39.0	So John MacDonald, when is the moment in that year of 2019
1:42.9	when you know you're going to lose?
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