Show 266 *Neil Kinnock - LIVE*
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2022
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
One of Labour's greatest ever leaders and one of British politics' greatest ever stars returns to thrill and move in equal measure. Neil Kinnock is still blessed with a command of language and sharp wits that very few politicians will ever get near. Reminiscing about being a Labour leader having to expel the hard left draws an irresistible parallel with the present, and Neil shares his analysis of Keir Starmer's leadership and the lessons he learned in making the party more electable. Neil is also a man with immense heart and this show is, at times, deeply emotional. Pour yourself a single malt, you'll be forgiven for tearing up.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Political Party. This episode features Neil Kinneck, one of the greatest |
| 0:17.0 | other leaders in labour history, one of the biggest stars in British political history. |
| 0:21.5 | This episode is very, very special and I'll tell you now, it does get quite emotional |
| 0:26.1 | so just brace yourself because Neil is a man of immense heart and it really comes out |
| 0:30.8 | during the show. Before I come on to the phenomenal Neil Kinneck, thank you for all your |
| 0:35.6 | emails, don't forget to give me an email at the show, politicalpartypodcastatgmail.com. |
| 0:40.0 | Of course, Neil has featured in so many of these emails and I totally forgot to mention |
| 0:46.0 | this to him. What a wasted opportunity. I'm sure I hope I can get Neil back on the show |
| 0:50.8 | again at some point in the future. I can see if he remembers any of these. But Mitchell |
| 0:55.7 | has been in touch. He said, thank you for the podcast, my partner and I loved watching |
| 1:00.3 | the episode with Angela Rainer live at the Duchess. Well, what a night that was. He said, |
| 1:04.3 | I wanted to tell you about the time I met Theresa May. I was working at Millbank Tower, |
| 1:09.6 | amazing, the political history in that building. And it was a very long day after the European |
| 1:15.2 | elections in 2019. I was coming down the fire stairs putting on my gloves and wrapping |
| 1:19.6 | on a scarf when I was sidetracked, probably looking for my umbrella, as I came out to the |
| 1:24.1 | door and proceeded to walk straight into a man who was standing in the foyer. As we were |
| 1:29.1 | collecting ourselves, I looked over to see the prime minister watching and looking slightly |
| 1:33.8 | bemused. It turned out, I'd just taken out one of Theresa May security officers. I |
| 1:38.6 | apologized and scarpered. Mitchell, I don't think you realize how close you came to either |
| 1:45.0 | arrest or potentially death. This is a far scarier story than you have written it up |
| 1:51.0 | as if you've ever bumped into a member of a special branch or come close to me and are |
| 1:56.4 | costed by the prime minister or indeed a cabinet minister's security detail. Then let me |
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