Politics Inside Out
Politics Inside Out
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Politics Inside Out lifts the lid on how Westminster really works by talking to the people who work there. It is presented by Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth, lifelong friends who became Labour insiders and senior MPs. They reflect on what they learned in politics and talk to a different guest each week about what it is really like to hold high office, deal with a media scandal or break the whip . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast explores themes related to the inner workings of UK politics, featuring episodes like discussions with former officials on the realities of holding high office, managing media scandals, and navigating party dynamics.

Politics Inside Out lifts the lid on how Westminster really works by talking to the people who work there. It is presented by Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth, lifelong friends who became Labour insiders and senior MPs. They reflect on what they learned in politics and talk to a different guest each week about what it is really like to hold high office, deal with a media scandal or break the whip.
Brought to you in association with Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lord Cryer, The longest serving chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party details the ‘blood sport’ of parliamentary meetings under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, and talks about the anti semitism which defined that period prompting his plan to write a book. He also praises his mum Anne Cryer who served as the Labour MP for Keighley and first raised the issue of child grooming gangs – more than 20 years ago – and praises the actions of the then Home Secretary David Blunkett.
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Production support and Mixing by Adrian Bradley
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