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Matt Forde's Political Party

Show 163 - Edwina Currie

Matt Forde's Political Party

The Political Party

News

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

One of the biggest stars of the Thatcher and Major years takes us back in time to a political arena with very different values. This is an enthralling experience mixing the personal and the political. Prepare to live history through someone who was so prominent and who documented the time in such detail. Follow Edwina on Twitter here: @Edwina_Currie Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Buy Edwina's diaries here: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Diaries-1987-1992-Edwina-Currie/dp/0316860247/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30MYEBONW7C0Y&dchild=1&keywords=edwina+currie&qid=1589820922&sprefix=edwina+curr%2Caps%2C360&sr=8-1 For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus *** IMPORTANT TOUR UPDATE *** NEW REARRANGED DATES INCLUDE: 2 October - Corby Cube 4 October - Brighton Komedia 9 October - Chorley Little Theatre 18 October - Leeds Hyde Park Book Club 25 October - Newcastle Stand 3 November - Camberley Theatre 13 November - Alnwick Playhouse 15 November - York Crescent 19 November - Cardiff Sherman Theatre 29 November - Glasgow Stand 3 December - Southend Dixon Studio 6 December - Sheffield Leadmill

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1:08.2

Hello, I'm Welcome to the Political Party. Today's guest is one of the biggest stars

1:20.8

of the last conservative government at Weenakuri. And this reminds me so much of the Ken

1:28.1

Clark episode where it's and maybe the Michael has a time on where it's not just a chat about

1:33.6

politics. Not that any of them are just a chat about politics. That's so reductive. But

1:38.2

I really feel like I was taken back in time in this where you can feel you can see the

1:44.1

house of comments around you and how different it was then and the attitudes and the style

1:48.9

of it and the tone of it was just a very different place to how it is now. I felt it so

1:55.6

vividly talking to where we were about our time there and the campaign she worked on.

2:02.1

And this is a broadly COVID free conversation, which I'm sure you'll be very pleased to

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