Show 395. Chris Curtis
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Chris is 32 and was elected in 2024.
Despite that, he's already made a name for himself as the co-chair of the Labour Growth Group.
But who are they and what would they do differently?
A former pollster, what's his take on Labour's position and can it be saved?
More importantly, what is the most nutritious item on the Wetherspoons menu?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. |
| 0:12.8 | Today's guest is Chris Curtis, Labour MP for Milton Keynes North, and co-chair of the Labour Growth Group. |
| 0:19.4 | We get into exactly what that is and what it means and what or how, more to the point, |
| 0:24.6 | Labour could actually deliver some growth. |
| 0:26.5 | But Chris is fantastic, only elected at the last election, was a pollster before that, |
| 0:31.0 | and we talk about that and understanding public opinion, |
| 0:33.8 | and Labour's current predicament regarding public opinion and how it can be turned round. |
| 0:38.5 | And just a whole range of things. |
| 0:39.6 | He's a fascinating bloke. |
| 0:41.0 | Mad to think he's only, well, he'll have just turned 32 by the time you listen to this. |
| 0:45.9 | And clearly going places. |
| 0:48.4 | And if you want to feel a bit more positive about politics, I think you will by the end of this. |
| 0:53.7 | And just some dates of your diary, the political party returns to the stage in the West End at |
| 0:58.3 | the Duchess Theatre on the 30th of March with Lisa Nandi, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, |
| 1:03.8 | obviously stood for the Labour leadership in the past, would she stand again? |
| 1:07.3 | That is right at the start of these crucial local elections. |
| 1:10.7 | It'll be fascinating here |
| 1:11.5 | from one of the most prominent members of the cabinet about what Labor's messaging is, going into |
| 1:16.8 | these local elections and what, you know, success or failure looks like. Then on the 20th of April, |
| 1:22.5 | my guest is the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, one of the rising stars of this government. And then |
| 1:26.8 | on the 11th of May, my guest is Lewis Goodall, star of the news agents and LBC and many, many other things. A gifted broadcaster. His book Left for Dead is superb. If you haven't read it yet, it came out a few years ago, and I absolutely loved it. He's really funny. I've done stuff with him before. Never done a live show with him. So I'm really looking forward to that. He is class. So plenty of live shows coming up. My stand-up talk continues nationwide. This week on the 19th, I'm at the Leicester Y Theatre. There's only a handful of seats left for that on the 20th. Friday I'm in Durham. Then next week I'm in the northeast. On the 25th I'm in Sunderland on the 26th I'm in Anik on the 20th Friday I'm in Durham and then next week I'm in the northeast on the 25th I'm in |
| 2:02.2 | Sunderland on the 26th I'm in annick on the 27th I'm in barnard castle and then across the country |
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