Show 273 - *Rosie Duffield - LIVE*
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4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2022
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Rosie Duffield's election in 2017 was a national news story, she became the first ever Labour MP for Canterbury. In 2019 her majority increased tenfold. She tells the remarkable story of how she became a politician in the first place and how she won the unwinnable, twice. Rosie has only been an MP for five years but in that time has made a name for herself as someone who speaks her mind, however uncomfortable the subject matter. At times an emotional listen, Rosie opens up about challenging the establishment, including her own party. This is politics straight from the heart.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. This episode features the Labour MP Rosie Duffield. |
| 0:17.0 | It's a phenomenal chat about her time in politics. How she won the unwinnable seat of |
| 0:21.1 | Canterbury in 2017, the first ever Labour MP for Canterbury, and then won it again in 2019 |
| 0:27.8 | with the majority that increased tenfold. More on that in a second. And don't forget |
| 0:32.9 | you can come and see me live. Thank you to all of you who have come to see me on tour so |
| 0:36.1 | far. It's been the most enjoyable tour I've ever done. So thank you so much. I'm in |
| 0:41.0 | Maidenhead this Friday at Northern Farms about five tickets left for that. I'm at the London |
| 0:46.2 | Bluesbury Theatre on Saturday the 23rd of April. On Sunday the 24th of April I'm at the |
| 0:50.8 | tobacco factory in Bristol. I think that might have sold out but check the website for returns. |
| 0:55.5 | I'm at Lemmington on the 28th of April. I think it's about three tickets left for that. |
| 1:00.7 | Shrewsbury the theatre seven on the 29th of April. I think it's about three tickets left |
| 1:04.5 | for that. Nottingham Gleiglub on 30th of May an emotional homecoming and then Gloucester |
| 1:10.1 | on the 6th of May, York on the 12th. I think that's sold out. Leeds on the 13th. I think |
| 1:14.7 | that's sold out. Canterbury on the 15th. Extra on the 22nd and then I've run it the |
| 1:19.8 | so her theatre and I'll Peter Bra on the 13th of July. So go to matfall.com slash 2022 |
| 1:27.6 | tour for that. I'll just you know matfall.com and you'll be able to navigate yourself around |
| 1:31.6 | a website. I'm sure you clever and and future guests for this show. My next guest at the |
| 1:36.9 | political party is Andrew Mar on Monday the 2nd of May. Oh my god. I mean where do you |
| 1:43.0 | even start with Andrew Mar all his years at the BBC is political editor. I loved his |
| 1:48.2 | book My Trade which taught me so much about how journalism works and obviously now leaving |
| 1:52.8 | the BBC. So I'm guessing he will be unsheckled and candid about his many years there and not |
| 2:00.0 | just the role of the media and specifically the BBC in holding politicians to account but |
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