Show 358. Pam Duncan-Glancy
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Pam is the Shadow Education and Skills Secretary in Scotland.
She's only been an MSP for four years but has already made a huge impact.
Her life story is fascinating, as is her route into politics. As the first permanent wheelchair user in Holyrood, she has to overcome daily challenges in order to do her job.
Pam is an optimist and this is an amazing story about the power of politics and how to get the most out of life.
SEE Matt at on tour until March 2025, including his extra dates at The Bloomsbury Theatre: https://www.mattforde.com/live-shows
2024
9 October: Middlesbrough, The Crypt
10 October: London, Leicester Square Theatre
24 October: Hull, Truck Theatre
6 November: Exeter, Phoenix
8 November: Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre
14 November: Basingstoke, The Haymarket
15 November: Colchester Arts Centre
20 November: York, The Crescent
21 November: Chorley, Little Theatre
22 November: Salford, The Lowry
27 November: Chipping Norton Theatre
28 November: Leicester, Y Theatre
29 November: Eastleigh, The Berry
31 November: Faversham, The Alexander Centre
6 December: London, Bloomsbury Theatre - EXTRA DATE
14 December: London, Bloomsbury Theatre - EXTRA DATE
2025
29 January: Norwich, Playhouse - EXTRA DATE
4 February: Leeds, City Varieties
5 February: Sheffield, The Leadmill
6 February: Chelmsford Theatre
7 February: Bedford, The Quarry Theatre
12 February: Bath, Komedia
13 February: Southend, Palace Theatre
16 February: Cambridge, The Junction
20 February: Nottingham, Lakeside Arts
23 February: Brighton, Komedoa
25 February: Cardiff, Glee Club
26 February: Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal
28 February: Chelmsford Theatre - EXTRA DATE
2 March: Bristol, Tobacco Factory
4 March: Colchester Arts Centre - EXTRA DATE
6 March: Birmingham, Glee Club - EXTRA DATE
7 March: Maidenhead, Norden Farm - EXTRA DATE
11 March: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
12 March: Glasgow, Glee Club
27 March: Oxford, Glee Club - EXTRA DATE
28 March: Nottingham, Lakeside Arts Centre - EXTRA DATE
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is Pam Duncan Glancy |
| 0:15.1 | MSP, Labour Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills up in the |
| 0:19.9 | Scottish Parliament. She's only been in MSP since 2021 but already has such an amazing reputation and such a huge |
| 0:27.4 | profile and is respected across the political spectrum for reasons that will become apparent during |
| 0:32.3 | this interview. |
| 0:33.0 | Thank you to everyone who's come to see me on tour this week. |
| 0:35.0 | It started in Norwich on Wednesday night and then in Maidenhead at Northern Farm. |
| 0:41.0 | And it was just so good. |
| 0:42.0 | Obviously I had a wonderful time doing the show at the end. Maidenhead at Northern Farm and it was just so good. |
| 0:43.2 | Obviously I had a wonderful time doing the show at the Edinburgh Festival, |
| 0:45.8 | so now taking it out on the road is another part of that experience. |
| 0:50.1 | I'm obviously used to touring, but it's the first time I've toured since everything that happened to me and it is just such a delight and thank you to everyone who's come so far everyone who's already bought a ticket to the tour. I'm adding some extra dates. I've added a date in Birmingham on, |
| 1:07.0 | I've done that terrible thing. I think it's the 6th of March. If you go to Matt Ford.com, it'll it would be there in fact why don't I go to |
| 1:13.4 | map ford.com now oh am I really gonna Google this I am you know I'm just |
| 1:18.8 | typing in map for Birmingham glee March 2025 because I know it's, here we go, I can tell, yes it was the 6th of March, so I've got it right. |
| 1:26.5 | So 30th of March I'm doing the Birmingham Glee, I'm doing the Glasgow Glee in March as well. |
| 1:32.6 | I think I'm adding some extra nights in Norwich |
| 1:36.0 | and so I'll go back to Norwich, some extra ones in Nottingham |
| 1:39.3 | and elsewhere, they'll all be announced soon. |
| 1:41.3 | So if you go to Matt Ford |
| 1:45.4 | you'll get the latest announcements there and I'll always update you on here as well |
| 1:48.6 | I'm doing the Bloomsbury Theatre on the 6th of December and I've added another |
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