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Parliament’s War of Words: Women in Power, with Mary Beard, Rachel Reeves and Sandip Verma
Parliament’s War of Words: Women in Power, with Mary Beard, Rachel Reeves and Sandip Verma
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Length:
92 minutes
Released:
Sep 27, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
With tensions running high this week in the U.K. Houses of Parliament over Brexit and allegations about PM Boris Johnson's use of inflammatory language, Intelligence Squared staged an event with Labour MP Rachel Reeves, Conservative member of the House of Lords Sandip Verma, celebrated classicist Mary Beard and journalist Helen Lewis. They discussed the divisions in Parliament and around the country, and how women can negotiate political power in what remains in many ways a man’s world. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Sep 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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