Show 199 - Charlotte Leslie

Matt Forde's Political Party

The Political Party

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4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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"Some people stand in the darkness, afraid to step into the light..." Former lifeguard Charlotte Leslie was the MP for Bristol North West for 7 years and shares a series of brilliant insights about life and politics, including how the laws of the beach apply to handling the coronavirus pandemic. Charlotte went from increasing her majority in 2015 to losing the seat two years later. This is a great, personal and honest account of what it's like to be removed from office in your prime, the brutality of democracy and how you can still have a political impact outside of Parliament. Oh and a very important lesson about the best way to film inside a fetish club... Follow Charlotte on Twitter: @CharlotteLeslie Subscribe to the Conservative Middle East Council podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cmec-podcast/id1538520478 (and for non-Apple users here: https://soundcloud.com/user-64338953) Find out more about the Conservative Middle East Council's work here: https://cmec.org.uk/ Order 'Politically Homeless' here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/2100000262618 Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Email the show: politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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0:00.0	News of the global climate crisis come way on our minds.
0:03.6	Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety,
0:06.8	leaving us paralyzed when we need to act.
0:09.2	This is why EONNEXT is in search of better news to power up for change.
0:14.2	Did you know, according to the National Grid,
0:16.7	Great Britain produced a record amount of wind-powered electricity in 2022,
0:21.6	replacing fossil fuels with green power is a core way for the world to tackle the impacts of climate change.
0:28.0	If you're feeling impacted by eco-anxiety,
0:30.9	EONNEXT have created a range of resources,
0:33.6	such as guided meditations or green noise soundscapes.
0:36.9	Just search Power Up for Change in your podcasting app.
0:43.5	As a listener to this podcast, you might often fantasise about your ideal cabinet,
0:47.3	who you'd have as Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor or Home Secretary,
0:51.6	but if you ever had that thought, but with beer.
0:54.7	Thanks to our friends at Beer 52, you can create your own cabinet of beers.
0:58.8	You get a free case of eight crap beers, and all you have to do is cover the postage of £5.95.
1:05.1	So go to beer52.com slash party, that's the word beer,
1:08.8	the numbers 5 and 2.com slash party, and get your free case of eight beers.
1:13.8	And you can arrange them however you like.
1:15.6	You can create a cabinet, or depending on your political leanings,
1:18.4	a shadow cabinet, or just leave them in the cabinet.
1:20.6	And of course, the joy of a beer 52 monthly subscription
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