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Standard Issue Podcast

SIM Ep 113 Chops 37: Caroline Flint

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Mickey and Hannah went to the Houses of Parliament to meet MP for Don Valley, Caroline Flint, to talk about 21 years in the Commons, changing attitudes to women in politics and why Labour has yet to have a female leader. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello it's Gabby Logan here from the Midpoint and this week were sponsored by

0:04.4

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0:08.7

creating some unforgettable moments with friends and family. But I'm hosting this year and I can tell you the

0:14.6

one thing I'm not looking forward to is the stress. We've all been there haven't we? The

0:19.2

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0:24.5

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0:28.1

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0:34.2

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0:45.6

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0:54.8

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1:16.0

Hi, Hannah here, welcome to Sunday Chops.

1:19.0

This week's Chops is an interview with MP Caroline Flint. Mickey and I went into the Commons to meet

1:24.6

her and talked to her about 21 years in politics, about being one of the

1:30.4

original Blair Babes, about how women are treated in politics and if that's

1:34.8

changed. We talked about Moemolum, we talked about Theresa May, we talked about Brexit. We covered

1:41.1

a lot of stuff. So that's here now for you to enjoy. Just a quick note the last question that we asked Caroline was a question I asked her about being the child of an alcoholic and you will find the answer to that and information about

1:54.3

Nacoa the charity for the Children of Alcoholics in our main podcast which was

2:00.2

released on Wednesday and that is well worth a listen. We conducted this

2:04.4

interview in April so it was before the death of Tessa Jow which will explain to you

2:12.4

if you were wondering why we didn't ask Caroline for a tribute.

2:16.0

Hannah and I are at Westminster with Caroline Flint, Labor MP for Don Valley. Hi Caroline. Hi

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