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Harriet Harman is a long-serving MP known for her commitment to social justice and equality. This interview highlights her focus on stability and her role as a trusted figure in navigating the complexities of political change.
“It was very like that, and it was a different world. But I think that men found it very threatening because actually what I was representing is a view which was that parliament was wrong because politics was not just for men, it had to be for women as well as men and that meant we had to be sharing power on equal terms.”
“Well, I don't really sort of want to look ahead on that because it's like I wouldn't welcome if there was people, I mean, the speaker's given an indication that he's going to stand down, but he hasn't set a date.”
“Kindred spirits on that side, and I remember saying to one woman who arrived in the House of Commons, one Tory woman, you know, was just chatting in the lady members' room, you know, waiting for the Lou, sort of what brought you into politics. And she said, oh, you did.”
“I'm going to turn it off. I'm going to be chatting to MPs. Okay, it's the mother of the house podcast, mothcast. I'm very into branding. It's going to be called Housework, which is also, you know, brand terrific.”
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