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Special: Politics of Pride Part 1
Special: Politics of Pride Part 1
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jul 4, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
In a two-part special to mark Pride week Red Box examineswhere the battles now lie for the LGBTQ community.Matt Chorley is joined by James Holt from Pride, Times columnist Matthew Parris, Labour MP Angela Eagle and SNP MP Stewart McDonald. Up for debate: is it no longer a big deal to be a gay politician, how important are labels and was there surprise at the reaction to the DUP deal?Also, Angela Eagle recalls becoming first female MP to come out in office and Matthew Parris remembers inadvertently outing Peter Mandelson on TV in 1998.In the next episode Matt speaks to Justine Greening, the education secretary and equalities minister, about what the government needs to do to tackle homophobia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jul 4, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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