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Alan Milburn

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first: 2023-01-30
most recent: 2023-01-30
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“Never had a plan. I sort of fell into it, not because I didn't believe in it. I believe in it massively and still do. So that was my life. That's where I came from. And it's where I still live. And I'm very proud of that. I'm even proud of being a Newcastle United supporter. Okay.”
2023-01-30 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 3: Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved? · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Which was just lovely. It was just great. So he got his master's there, which was just fantastic. So that was it. And it was a very labor place, very labor tradition. You know, I can remember even as a kid sort of, you know, labor being around as a sort of thing. But I'd never really thought about becoming a Labour MP or any of that sort of stuff. I sort of fell into it. And this is the very odd thing about frontline politics, because people have you down as this guy, or you're deeply ambitious and you're sort of wanting this. And honestly, you know, I wasn't, I know you've had Michael on, haven't you? Michael has a famously sort of chartered his political career. That was the complete inverse of that. I never had a plan.”
2023-01-30 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 3: Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved? · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Going, God bless her. I never knew my dad. We brought up in a council estate, in Tao law, then we moved to Newcastle. Nobody had ever been to university, all of the usual stuff. And I got really lucky. I got really, really lucky. I had really good teachers. And I got some decent breaks. And I ended up going to university. And it changed my life. I'm very proud of the fact Rory will know this institution really well. I went to Lancaster University and today I'm Chancellor at Lancaster University. So every time I award a degree there, it sort of fills my heart with an incredible sense of both belonging and pride. And in fact, the last degree ceremony amongst the students I gave conferred the degree on was my own son.”
2023-01-30 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 3: Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved? · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's so funny now because, and I will do that, of course, and I'm very happy to do, and I've done it, you know, in more recent media interviews, I would have been terrified of doing that when I was an active cabinet minister, you know, to do that exposure, you know, because the truth is, it's easy for me to come on with you guys and have an open conversation because frankly, who cares what I say? It doesn't really matter. But when you're in frontline politics, every word matters, right? You were the past master of this. And I regret that, actually. I think I should have probably been braver about myself, to be honest. And I think I should have been more willing to talk about who I am and not that that necessarily is fascinating for people, but just to give people a sense of the guy that's in charge actually as a hinterland. So my story is I grew up in a little place called Tao Law in County Durham, which is an old mining village. All of my family were either lead miners or coal miners. That's where they came from. I was brought up by a single mum who still.”
2023-01-30 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 3: Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved? · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Nothing to do with you at all, Alistair, the whole new Labour era. It's all about Alan Milburn. Let me just quickly remind people why I think he's such a hero.”
2023-01-30 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 3: Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved? · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source