Labour's First Prime Minister
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
It's 100 years since the election of December 1923, which led to the formation of Britain's first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.
How did the illegitimate son of a crofter come to lead a cabinet of socialist 'wild men', and has history judged him fairly? Matt is joined by Patrick Maguire, author David Torrance and Ramsay MacDonald's granddaughter Iona Kielhorn.
Plus: Columnists Rachel Sylvester and Tom McTague discuss the chances of Nigel Farage making a political comeback, why Keir Starmer praised Thatcher's 'drive', and what do we mean by success?
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| 1:09.0 | Coming up on today's episode, 100 years since the first Labour Prime Minister. We look back to |
| 1:16.3 | Ramsey McDonald the extraordinary election of 1923 where nobody lost and |
| 1:20.4 | nobody really won and are there any lessons from |
| 1:23.0 | 1923 for Kirs Darma first it's time for this. |
| 1:27.0 | The columnists on Times Radio and we say a very good monitor Rachel Sylvester is here, hello Rachel. |
| 1:34.4 | Hi Matt. |
| 1:35.4 | And no Libby poems this week, so we've got the political |
| 1:37.7 | guys of the unheard Tom McTege is back. |
| 1:40.0 | Hello Tom. |
| 1:41.1 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:42.2 | No, good to have you here. |
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