Category: Podcast

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/theehrcreportandantisemitismwithdenarynessandmichaelrubin/media.mp3   For the last five years, Jewish Labour members had been told by many within the party that the issue of antisemitism was manufactured and exaggerated. The EHRC report into institutional racism in the Labour party acted as a vindication for those members and for others in the Labour

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/abenaoppong-asare-vaughangethinginconversationforlabourbamenetwork/media.mp3   Abena Oppong-Asare, MP for Erith and Thamesmead, spoke to Vaughan Gething, Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services, as part of a Labour BAME network event. In August, Abena produced a report on the effects of COVID on people who fall under protected characteristics. Their discussion focuses on

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/uncovered-jacquismith-strictlycomedancingstar-/media.mp3   As the first female Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith draws on her experience to tell us her thoughts on how the government has handled the crisis and where the home office seems to be moving on immigration. We also discuss her role as Deputy Minister for Women and Equalities

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/britainswarwithdanieltodmanandrachelreeves/media.mp3   Why was World War Two such a pivotal moment in Britain’s national story? How did Labour benefit from the war and its role in the coalition government? And what can national crisis in the 1940s tell us about the Covid crisis today? Tune in to the first episode

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/uncovered-theinsidestoryoflabourundercorbyn/media.mp3   Frankie and Joe speak to Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire, co-authors of Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn. Did some figures get off lightly? In what ways did sources dictate the narrative? What’s the real deal with Ergon House? Listen to find out!  

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/bridgetphillipsononhowlabourcanwinagain/media.mp3   Bridget Phillipson, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, gave a fantastic speech at the inaugural Labour to Win convention about what Labour needs to do to get back into government.

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/andrewadonisanddavidtayloronernestbevin/media.mp3   What can Ernie Bevin, Labour’s innovative post-war foreign secretary, teach Keir Starmer’s Labour Party? Andrew Adonis in conversation with David Taylor from the Labour Campaign for International Development.