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WHAT IS THE POINT OF PARTY CONFERENCES?
WHAT IS THE POINT OF PARTY CONFERENCES?
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Aug 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Every autumn the UK’s political parties decamp from Westminster for the annual party conference season. From Brighton to Blackpool, Manchester to Birmingham, Liverpool to Glasgow, Britain’s cities take turns to host politicians, activists, party members, journalists, and lobbyists for long days (and nights) of keynote speeches, breakfast fringe meetings, endless schmoozing, too much warm white wine and endless political intrigue. Is this where key decisions are taken and political history is made? Or i it just a gossip-soaked get together which serves no value?
Michael Crick, a veteran of decades of conferences, joins political journalist Marie Le Conte, former special adviser Peter Cardwell, and the IfG’s Jill Rutter to reminisce about conferences past and weigh up whether party conferences deserve a future.
Presented by Alex Thomas
Produced by Candice McKenzie
Michael Crick, a veteran of decades of conferences, joins political journalist Marie Le Conte, former special adviser Peter Cardwell, and the IfG’s Jill Rutter to reminisce about conferences past and weigh up whether party conferences deserve a future.
Presented by Alex Thomas
Produced by Candice McKenzie
Released:
Aug 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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