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"Alice, who the **** is Alice?"
Manage episode 500815143 series 3625430
Alice Mahon may not be a well-remembered figure today, but for 18 years she served as MP for Halifax. In this episode, Lee and Richard discuss how this working class Yorkshirewoman entered the House of Commons and how her left-wing politics were received in Tony Blair's Labour Party. In doing so, they reflect on Blair's style of party management - in which left-wingers like Mahon were tolerated - and how it contrasts with Sir Keir Starmer's approach today. The episode finishes by asking whether, as Mahon apparently claimed, she was the inspiration for the Smokey song 'Living next door to Alice.'
In this episode, the following books are mentioned:
'Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State' by Danny Dorling.
'The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave' by Patrick Bishop.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Manage episode 500815143 series 3625430
Alice Mahon may not be a well-remembered figure today, but for 18 years she served as MP for Halifax. In this episode, Lee and Richard discuss how this working class Yorkshirewoman entered the House of Commons and how her left-wing politics were received in Tony Blair's Labour Party. In doing so, they reflect on Blair's style of party management - in which left-wingers like Mahon were tolerated - and how it contrasts with Sir Keir Starmer's approach today. The episode finishes by asking whether, as Mahon apparently claimed, she was the inspiration for the Smokey song 'Living next door to Alice.'
In this episode, the following books are mentioned:
'Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State' by Danny Dorling.
'The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave' by Patrick Bishop.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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