Show 284 - *Gordon Brown LIVE at the Edinburgh Festival*
The Political Party
The Political Party
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Chancellor for ten years and Prime Minister for three, Gordon Brown is one of the most important and impactful politicians in British history. He's also a phenomenal raconteur and his anecdotes about Scottish football and Nelson Mandela will have you howling with laughter. With tales spanning his time in office and since, Gordon demonstrates why he's such a unique politician and character, just as animated today about inequality as he ever was. This is a glorious mix of high-level political insight, stirring emotion and massive laughs, making it one of the most special episodes of the podcast ever recorded.
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19 Sept: Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel
3 Oct: Mick Lynch
17 Oct: Matt Hancock
7 Nov: David Dimbleby
5 Dec: Rachel Reeves
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. This episode features Gordon Brown. As you'll |
| 0:16.8 | know, I've been trying to get Gordon on the show for many years. And this was recorded |
| 0:20.2 | at a packed McEwan Hall in the centre of Edinburgh. The atmosphere, you will be able to hear |
| 0:24.6 | in every second of this recording. You've got a hero's welcome from a city that you spend |
| 0:29.4 | much of his life in and studied in. And in a hall where he graduated, this is phenomenal. |
| 0:35.1 | It's everything you would expect from Gordon Brown, emotional and intellectual heft. The way he talks |
| 0:41.4 | about poverty and how exercise D is about preventing child poverty is deep concern about the economic |
| 0:46.6 | situation we find ourselves in and what needs to be done. But as well as that, a phenomenal |
| 0:51.4 | racon tour and a brilliant storyteller. And there are moments in this that are just absolutely |
| 0:56.9 | hilarious. It's a full on treat before I share with you this magnificent interview. I'm doing two |
| 1:03.8 | more of these recordings at the Edinburgh Festival on Monday, the 15th of August at the Guilded |
| 1:08.2 | Balloon with Scottish Labour leader Anna Sawa who is always great fun and on Monday, the 22nd of |
| 1:13.7 | August again at the Guilded Balloon with the SMP's Joanna Cherry who's one of the most talented |
| 1:18.7 | politicians not just in Westminster but in the land and always speaks her mind. Though |
| 1:23.4 | will be two fantastic recordings in London when we return. I can announce some more guests. I |
| 1:29.7 | mean, these lineups are becoming absolutely incredible. On Monday, the 19th of September, |
| 1:34.1 | I'm joined by Emily Maiklis and John Soapal. That will be a very special evening. On Monday, |
| 1:39.4 | the 3rd of October, Mick Lynch from the RMT on Monday, the 17th of October. I'm joined by Matt |
| 1:45.5 | Hancock and on Monday, the 7th of November, I'm joined by David Dimblebee. So the first four back |
| 1:51.2 | are absolutely incredible. More guests to be announced. I always put a link to where you can buy |
| 1:56.0 | tickets in the blurb and go to mat4.com slash live. And of course, my show continues at the Edinburgh |
| 2:01.2 | Festival. Clown to the left and me, Joker to the right. And thank you to all of you who've |
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