Not A Day For Soundbites Podcast

#OTD 1985. At Bournemouth, Neil Kinnock takes on Militant in his conference speech. He credits the Labour movement with giving him “the life chance of moving out of a pest and damp-infested set of rooms into a decent home, built by a Labour council under a Labour Government”.

Lee and I will be speaking at the Manchester Histories Festival tomorrow morning about some of Manchester's most significant -- but often forgotten -- 20th century MPs. We'll be at the Manchester Central Library at 11am. The chosen MPs are... John Robert Clynes -- the man who nearly became the first Labour prime minister Florence Horsbrugh -- the first woman in a Conservative Cabinet Harold Lever -- Harold Wilson's one man kitchen Cabinet Anthony Barber -- the booming Chancellor In the evening, we are hosting a Q&A with our listeners at the Wharf pub. Eventbrite tickets still available in my pinned tweet.