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Know Your Place part 2: a history of class politics
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- Oct 14, 2024
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In the second episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics , host Laura Hood, senior politics editor at The Conversation, looks back at a century of class in British politics to understand why Tony Blair's decision to move Labour away from the working class was such a watershed moment. Featuring Mark Garnett , senior lecturer in politics at Lancaster University, Martin Farr , senior lecturer in contemporary British history at Newcastle University and Tim Bale , professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. Plus interviews with former Labour MPs Reg Race and David Hanson, who is now a member of the House of Lords and minister of state for the Home Office. Know your place is a series supported by the National Centre for Social Research . It's produced and mixed by Anouk Millet for The Conversation. Full credits available here . The Conversation Documentaries, formerly The Anthill podcast, is home to in-depth audio series from The Conversation UK, a not-for-profit independent news organisation. Find out more and donate here . And consider signing up for our free daily newsletter . Further reading Can Kemi Badenoch claim to have ‘become working class’ while working in McDonald’s – and why would she want to? Age, not class, is now the biggest divide in British politics, new research confirms Thatcher helped people to buy their own homes – but the poorest paid the price