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Matt Forde's Political Party

Show 203 - Margaret Beckett

Matt Forde's Political Party

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4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

One of the true greats of British politics shares stories from one of the most distinguished political careers in modern history. From being Deputy Leader under John Smith to standing against Tony Blair for the Labour leadership in 1994, to introducing the minimum wage and then becoming the first ever female Foreign Secretary, this is a phenomenal selection of recollections from the top of Labour and British politics. Apply to vote by post here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-postal-vote 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

As a listener to this podcast you might often fantasise about your ideal cabinet

0:04.8

who you'd have as Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor or Home Secretary

0:09.0

but if you ever had that thought but with beer. Thanks to our friends at beer

0:13.4

52 you can create your own cabinet of beers. You get a free case of eight craft

0:18.6

beers and all you have to do is cover the postage of £5.95. So go to beer52.com

0:24.3

slash party that's the word beer the numbers 5 and 2.com slash party and get

0:30.1

your free case of eight beers and you can arrange them however you like you can

0:33.6

create a cabinet or depending on your political leanings a shadow cabinet or

0:37.2

just leave them in the cabinet and of course the joy of a beer 52 monthly

0:40.6

subscription is that you can have a reshuffle every month which would still

0:44.3

make it more stable than most of the government we have in the UK. It comes with a

0:48.1

magazine and a snack and if you don't like dark beer you can choose the light

0:51.5

option you can pause or cancel at any time so if you want to bring some

0:54.5

stability and you don't fancy a reshuffle you can indeed lead by example go

0:59.7

to beer52.com slash party and pay £5.95 postage to get all this now.

1:15.2

Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the political party featuring

1:18.8

Margaret Beckett. I've just finished recording this episode and just am beaming

1:22.8

at what a treat it was to spend that time in the presence of someone with such

1:28.9

phenomenal political experience and someone who is still playing a leading role

1:33.3

in British politics it is so rare to have had the career that Margaret Beckett has

1:37.9

had and I feel very similar to how I felt after interviewing Michael Hezultine

1:42.2

when people stay in politics for so long and amass that amazing experience of

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