Since Attlee and Churchill - The Podcast

The podcast about post-war British politics, since Attlee & Churchill. Hosted by @LeeDavidEvansUK and @richardmarcj.
New episodes every Thursday and Sunday.

[Since Attlee and Churchill - The Podcast @SAAC_Podcast]

Since Attlee & Churchill is a podcast all about British politics since the Second World War.

You can listen on Spotify: https://t.co/j9bBvOSFhu

Apple: https://t.co/FWMOat7qq0

YouTube: https://t.co/Rn2nj091CR

And on our Patreon: https://t.co/5xmVJgdUnx

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.@richardmarcj argues that Roy Jenkins fulfilled his brief for electoral reform, with the need for broad proportionality, stable government, voter choice and the constituency link all incorporated in AV+.

So why didn't it happen? Find out now in the latest ep of @SAAC_Podcast.

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In our latest episode, @LeeDavidEvansUK suggests that the Jenkins Commission, formed in the late 1990s to discuss ways to change the electoral system in the UK, may have missed the wood for the trees.

Hear the rest, and @richardmarcj's response, wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lee David Evans @LeeDavidEvansUK]

Roy Jenkins makes the case for using AV+ to elect MPs.

In the latest @SAAC_Podcast, Richard and I discuss the history of electoral reform, how the Jenkins commission came about, and why its recommendations never came to fruition.

Out now on Patreon, or Sunday everywhere else.

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👀 Coming soon...

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A new review from Apple Podcasts...

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🚨 EARLY RELEASE: Why didn’t New Labour introduce electoral reform?

Patreon members can now listen to @LeeDavidEvansUK & @richardmarcj delve into the Jenkins Report on Electoral Reform. What was it? How did it come about? And why did it come to nothing?

https://t.co/looGxJipZL

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Hear the discussion now on Spotify: https://t.co/aUNws1xGx7

Apple: https://t.co/3WnDXv6P7T

YouTube: https://t.co/KHunXkjdho

And ad-free on Patreon: https://t.co/e5z4qCOyuE

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🚨 NEW PODCAST: Burnham's Big Speech & Labour's Missing Working Class

This week, @LeeDavidEvansUK and @richardmarcj discuss Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour Party Conference.

Did it actually represent a meaningful change in Labour’s policies and politics?

Or... 1/5

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What does it mean for a party originally created to give working people political power to become a middle-class party that seeks to act charitably for the working class, rather than in partnership with the working class?

[Ross Mudie @RMudie96]

It is always worth listening to @LeeDavidEvansUK and @richardmarcj’s postcast, but this week this particular episode is probably the best analysis you will come across:

https://t.co/d6TeyEfZpK

[Tom Yately @EssexAshk]

Always a good listen. This week more that most. @richardmarcj
@LeeDavidEvansUK https://t.co/WExI1IyFk8

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@H80Midgley Thanks for listening and tweeting about the show!

[Henry Midgley @H80Midgley]

Just listened to the betty boothroyd episode i really enjoy it often because it tells less known stories about westminster well worth listening to

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... a Parliament where every vote could make the difference - and which ended with the government losing a vote of no confidence by just one vote.

Available now exclusively on Patreon.
https://t.co/1hOb0yCcHY

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🚨 NEW PODCAST: What was it like to be a Labour MP in the Callaghan years?

On a recent visit to Washington, DC, @richardmarcj and @LeeDavidEvansUK interviewed former MP Oonagh McDonald.

Mcdonald won a dramatic by-election in Thurrock, becoming a Labour MP at a time when...

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... Jim Callaghan’s government was fighting for its political survival.

In this special episode of Since Attlee & Churchill, they talk to Oonagh about her journey from academia into politics, her experiences campaigning in the 1970s, and what it was like to serve in...

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A mini-milestone for Since Attlee & Churchill!

Thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, and supported us on Patreon.

And if you haven’t listened yet, there’s plenty of history to catch up on...

[Tides of History @labour_history]

#OTD 1976. In Blackpool, Jim Callaghan says Britain has "lived far too long on borrowed time, borrowed money and even borrowed ideas".

"For too long this country has trodden the primrose path and borrowed money from abroad to maintain our standards of life".