Gloria De Piero
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Gloria De Piero is a Member of Parliament who previously worked as a journalist, bringing a unique perspective to her political role. This interview highlights her commitment to understanding and reconnecting with her traditional working-class voters while navigating the complexities of contemporary politics.
“I made it to university. I only got five, but some people would be happy with this, but because of the work that my parents did, despite the fact that I had went to school, I still managed to get the five GCSEs, which is remarkable given that I barely went to school.”
“We are all on the left, which is why we're in the Labour Party. Do you know what I think, Nick? I just wonder if some of these definitions... We sort of assign to ourselves for inter party political advantage. Because like, right, Richard Bergen, I am now one of Richard Bergen's junior ministers, junior shadow ministers.”
“Been poor. The other thing is your house is freezing because my mum and dad work, so it wasn't at Cow's house. So we had. Two electric bar fires to heat the entire terrace So the house was flipping, go upstairs. It's absolutely freezing.”
“Go back to what you're exposing at the beginning. No, it's, do you know what? You have to be like if you want to live, I've got a lovely house, right? I lived in a flat in London. I had a really good job. In television, I couldn't, you know, I lived, I had a flat without a garden, which is what we all live in.”
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