Parliament’s War of Words: Women in Power, with Mary Beard, Rachel Reeves and Sandip Verma

Intelligence Squared

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🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 89 minutes

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With tensions running high this week in the U.K. Houses of Parliament over Brexit and allegations about PM Boris Johnson's use of inflammatory language, Intelligence Squared staged an event with Labour MP Rachel Reeves, Conservative member of the House of Lords Sandip Verma, celebrated classicist Mary Beard and journalist Helen Lewis. They discussed the divisions in Parliament and around the country, and how women can negotiate political power in what remains in many ways a man’s world. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello and welcome to this week's Intelligence Squared Podcast with me Farajasat.
1:05.0	This week our episode looks at Women in Westminster,
1:08.0	a conversation about women in power with Mary Beard, Rachel Reeves and Sandeep Verma.
1:13.0	Hannah Kay was the producer of this event.
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