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Matt Forde's Political Party

Show 144 - Rebecca Long-Bailey (Live)

Matt Forde's Political Party

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4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca Long-Bailey outlines her plans for the Labour leadership and gives an insight into her own brand of socialism, the lessons learned from the election defeat and how Labour wins next time. Rebecca also tells us what it's like to live with Angela Rayner and who's a better flatmate. The pair also discuss the biggest issue facing the country: the best dish to order from a Chinese takeaway. Follow Rebecca on Twitter here: @RLong_Bailey Follow Matt on Twitter here: @mattforde Email the show: 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 fully-updated 'Brexit Pursued by a Bear' tour: www.mattforde.com/live 'BREXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR' TOUR DATES: 5 March - Darlington: Hullabaloo 6 March - Hexham: Queen's Hall 7 March - Bedford: Quarry 10 March - London: Southbank 14 March - Maidenhead: Norden Farm 18 March - Leeds: Hyde Park Book Club 19 March - York: The Crescent 20 March - Alnwick: Playhouse 22 March - Southend: Dixon Studio 23 March - Cambridge: Junction 27 March - London Southbank 29 March - Brighton: Komedia 2 April - Cardiff: Sherman Theatre 7 April - Newcastle: Stand 8 April - Glasgow: Stand 9 April - Aberdeen: Lemon Tree 10 April - Chorley: Little Theatre 23 April - Camberley: Theatre 17 April - Corby: Cube 12 April - Shrewsbury: Theatre Severn 28 April - Exeter: Phoenix 30 April - Bristol: Tobacco Factory 1 May - Gloucester: Guildhall 2 May - London Bloomsbury 7 May - Maidstone: Hazlitt Arts 13 May - Nottingham: Spiegeltent 20 May - Sheffield: Leadmill 21 May - Stafford: MET 22 May - London Southbank 28 May - Eastleigh: The Berry 30 May - Edinburgh: Stand 31 May - Edinburgh: Stand 9 June - Brighton Komedia *** EXTRA DATE ***

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the political party. This episode features Labour leadership contender

0:13.4

Rebecca Longbeiley. I just want to thank everyone who has come to see me on tour so far.

0:17.5

Crew and Leicester were absolutely brilliant and next week I'm out on the road again. I'm

0:21.8

in Darlington at the holo below on the 5th of March. There's about two tickets left

0:25.7

for that. So get on the website quick. Map4.com slash and live. And at the hexam queen

0:29.9

hall on the 6th of March the following night standing in the northeast and then on the

0:33.7

7th of March sat in the 7th of March. I'm at the Bedford quarry and tickets for all

0:37.4

those dates are selling really quickly. I'm back at the London South Bank Centre in the

0:41.3

Perseverance on the 10th of March. Then off to Maidenhead, Northern Farm on the 14th

0:45.7

of March. Leads on the 18th of March is almost sold out. There's about five tickets left.

0:50.0

That's for the Hyde Park Book Club. And about to the 2nd date because Brighton has sold

0:53.5

out. So I'm doing Brighton again on the 9th of June at the comedian. So the earlier

0:58.8

date which is sometime in March, the 29th of March is already sold out. I'll go all

1:02.8

over the country including I can't wait to do notting him at the Spiegel tent which

1:07.8

they're going to erect in March. It's very exciting. The Sheffield Lead Mill Glasgow

1:11.7

Edinburgh all over you can get tickets for all those dates at map4.com slash live.

1:16.3

So this is what features Rebecca Longbeid. He's standing for the Labour leadership. Obviously

1:19.5

we had Lisa Nandie on the show last month at the live event. Brilliant. I have two Labour

1:24.0

leadership contenders back to back. And I ask Rebecca all the things she would expect

1:27.8

me to ask. We talk about her own brand of socialism, why she thinks Labour lost, how

1:32.3

Labour can win next time. What made her join the Labour Party? And more importantly, what

1:37.5

she has from a Chinese takeaway.

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