Show 372. Tonia Antoniazzi
The Political Party
The Political Party
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🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Tonia Antoniazzi
England are due to play Afghanistan at cricket next month.
The decision to honour the fixture has caused uproar. Under the Taliban, women are banned from playing sport.
Tonia is leading the campaign to get England to pull out of the fixture.
If you want to help, find her on social media: @ToniaAntoniazzi
Plus we discuss other vital issues, including her role on the All Party Beer Group...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. |
| 0:13.5 | Today's guest is Tanya Antoniazzi, the Labour MP, who is leading the campaign to get England to pull out of their game of cricket against Afghanistan. |
| 0:22.2 | It's taking place next month in February and it's caused uproar, the fact that the ECB will not |
| 0:28.5 | withdraw England from that fixture. |
| 0:30.9 | Sports is illegal for women to play in Taliban ruled Afghanistan and Ta has been making the compelling case |
| 0:39.6 | for England to pull out. |
| 0:41.4 | She talks about it here and she's talking to the ECB since |
| 0:43.7 | but if you want to get involved, |
| 0:45.3 | find her on social media at Tonya Antonia Antonyatsia. |
| 0:47.9 | I've put her social media handle there |
| 0:49.8 | and she tells you in this how to get involved in the campaign. |
| 0:52.9 | But it's incredible that England would go ahead with that really. |
| 0:55.5 | But before we come on to this interview, |
| 0:59.8 | you may know that the political party is about to return to the stage. |
| 1:03.5 | I can now announce who my first four guests are, |
| 1:06.4 | and they are huge. |
| 1:08.5 | So this is back at the Duchess Theatre in London's Glittering West End. |
| 1:13.9 | Here are the first four guests. |
| 1:15.6 | So the first show back on the 10th of February. |
| 1:17.2 | It's a year and a half since I've done these on stage in the West End. |
| 1:19.9 | Anyway, here we go. |
| 1:21.7 | On the 10th of February, my guest is the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. |
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