SHOW 131 - Len McCluskey (Election Special #19)

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🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Len McCluskey is the General Secretary of Unite and one of the most influential figures in the Labour movement. This interview is a fascinating insight into every major issue facing the Labour Party in this election. Yes it's longer than usual but it's worth it. Email your funny campaign stories to politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com Sign up to Matt's mailing list for free treats and goodies: http://mattforde.com/mailing-list Get tickets to Matt's 'Brexit Pursued by a Bear' which starts at the Salford Lowry on Tuesday 14 January here: www.mattforde.com/live BREXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR tour dates: 14 January - Salford Lowry 20 February - Crewe 21 February - Leicester 5 March - Darlington 6 March - Hexham 7 March - Bedford 10 March - London Southbank 18 March - Leeds 19 March - York 20 March - Alnwick 22 March - Southend 23 March - Cambridge 27 March - London Southbank 29 March - Brighton 7 April - Newcastle 8 April - Glasgow 9 April - Aberdeen 10 April - Chorley 12 April - Camberley 17 April - Corby 28 April - Exeter 30 April - Bristol 1 May - Gloucester 2 May - London Bloomsbury 7 May - Maidstone 13 May - Nottingham 20 May - Sheffield 21 May - Stafford 22 May - London Southbank 30 May - Edinburgh 31 May - Edinburgh

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Political Party Daily. This episode features general secretary
0:12.4	of you tonight and one of the most influential people in the Labour movement, Len McCluskey.
0:17.2	Now I know you have looked at this and gone, how long is this interview? I know it's a
0:21.2	long one and I've been trying to keep the daily additions slightly shorter just because
0:28.4	I'm putting out what every day I appreciate this. It's a long listen. But this is worth
0:33.8	it. This covers everything you would expect to talk to Len McCluskey about the challenges
0:41.6	at facing the Labour Party, the opportunities facing the Labour Party, all the issues in
0:47.5	our politics at the moment, particularly in the Labour movement we talk about in some detail.
0:54.1	So the conversation really just carried on going. So I apologise if it's a bit long but I hope
1:01.4	you enjoy it. I'm not going to say any more now because I'm just adding to the length I
1:05.2	started by asking Len as he's seen as the real deputy leader of the Labour Party whether
1:10.6	he was preparing to become the real deputy prime minister.
1:14.1	Delighted to be joined by Len McCluskey, the general secretary of United, regarded by
1:23.8	many as the real deputy leader of the Labour Party, then are you preparing to become the
1:28.2	real deputy prime minister? No, no, not at all. I'm looking forward to Jeremy Corbyn being
1:35.0	prime minister and a Labour government that will begin to unite our nations and hopefully
1:41.3	change the lives of working people for the better. That's what we're working for and I'm
1:46.9	still optimistic that we can pull that off.
1:49.7	Are you sure objective as general secretary of United to improve the lives of working people
1:54.4	and obviously through the Labour Party to deliver a Labour government? In terms of your role
1:59.5	in this election campaign within Labour, do you have a kind of formal role beyond the role
2:04.9	of general secretary? No, not at all. I mean obviously like all unions who are affiliated
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