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Hello and welcome to Women with Balls,

where I Katie Balls speak to today's Trailblazers.

My guest today is Born and Bread Londoner,

running for the most

important job in the city. After leaving school at 18, she worked in a garage but struggled to get

into technical college as a woman. She was later a business owner running a beauty cell and

her hairdressing business. She's been involved in politics for almost 20 years, starting at first as a

councillor in Harrow.

She later ran the Conservative Group before leading the Council itself.

In 2017, she joined the General London Authority, replacing Kemi Badenog.

Within two years, she was running the Conservative Group there too.

Her rise in Tory politics continues, as this year she was selected to be the

Conservative candidate for the 24 London mayor election. Known for her direct style, my guest

today is Susan Hall. Hello. Susan, thank you so much for joining on the podcast today.

Thank you for inviting me. Now, we always begin with the same question, which is, would you describe yours as a

happy childhood? I mentioned the introduction. You were a born and bred Londoner.

Yeah. It was in parts, that's for sure. I was born in Kingsbury, which is North West

Island, and then I moved, or my parents moved to Harrow where I've lived ever since

very boring I'm afraid

I haven't gone very far

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