Left Whingers

We spoke to Adam Allnutt (Chair of The Young Fabians),  Amy Dwyer ( NW Young Fabians Womens' Officer & University of Manchester Young Fabians Chair), Amber Khan (Editor of the Young Fabians Blog) & George Fairhurst (Chair of Yorkshire and Humber Young Fabians).

Issues discussed include the benefits of being a Young Fabian, what Fabianism means to them, and how Fabianism fits into the Labour Party today!

Like what you heard? You can join the Fabian Society here: https://fabians.org.uk/membership/join/

Also visit the Young Fabians website here: http://www.youngfabians.org.uk/

As always, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Left_Whingers and consider signing up to our Left Whingers community (our pinned tweet). 

Credit to Leyton for our brilliant theme music - you can find more of his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EoEk5ulYJgi3F56orFFWb?si=78tQvMSHTIWOStzMQET7uQ

We spoke to Elliott from Campaign for Dual CLP membership (https://twitter.com/ForClp) to discuss how the campaign could benefit young members. We also spoke to fantastic activists Imogen, George, Janine and Dhruv about their experiences as young people in CLPs and online. 

As always, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Left_Whingers

Credit to Leyton for our brilliant theme music - you can find more of his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EoEk5ulYJgi3F56orFFWb?si=78tQvMSHTIWOStzMQET7uQ

Join us for a recap of the news so far in August, where we talk about Lebanon, Trump-Biden, and introduce our new segment, "Keir-Watch". 

As always, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Left_Whingers

If you have any ideas for podcast guests in the future or you would like to appear, email us on [email protected]

Credit to Leyton for our brilliant theme music - you can find more of his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EoEk5ulYJgi3F56orFFWb?si=78tQvMSHTIWOStzMQET7uQ

We spoke to Labour MP for Norwich South, Clive Lewis about the COVID-19 pandemic, cross party working and much more! Thank you to Shaan, Brandon and Ardeel for joining us to ask questions, and to Leyton for suggesting a question to ask. 

As always, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Left_Whingers

If you have any ideas for podcast guests in the future or you would like to appear, email us on [email protected]

Credit to Leyton for our brilliant theme music - you can find more of his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EoEk5ulYJgi3F56orFFWb?si=78tQvMSHTIWOStzMQET7uQ

We spoke to 4 brilliant activists - Khadeejah, Natalie, Amen and Abdi - about Black Lives Matter, racial inequalities in British politics and about their lived experiences in Britain. 

As always, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Left_Whingers

Find out more about the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK context here - https://blacklivesmatteruk.com/ where you'll find great resources and info. 

Credit to Leyton for our brilliant theme music - you can find more of his work here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EoEk5ulYJgi3F56orFFWb?si=78tQvMSHTIWOStzMQET7uQ

Left Whingers spoke to the brilliant Mike Jackson - a founding member of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners - about everything from Pride the move, Section 28, Inclusive sex education and the Gender Recognition Act. If you fancy supporting LGSM and picking up one of their fabulous t-shirts, click this link: https://housmans.com/product/pits-perverts-t-shirt/

We were also joined by two amazing activists - Elsie Greenwood (co-chair of LGBT Labour Scotland) and Jason Parkinson (LGBTQ+ activist) -  to hear their perspectives and experiences. 

As always, thank you to Leyton for our theme music - you can check out his Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EoEk5ulYJgi3F56orFFWb?si=xIL8pUGGSuaMrqOfNmG2og

Find us on twitter: @left_whingers

Get to know a bit about Brandon, Ross and Lauren before the exciting launch of the new Left Whingers podcast. 

Find us on twitter: twitter.com/left_whingers

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0btyafMBfFkecGWwazhbRt?si=JREIDOr0QtSfqeBOg7gpbA

And make sure you check out Leyton - who made our fantastic theme music - on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EoEk5ulYJgi3F56orFFWb?si=58JpWaD6RmOPo6Qys5Y0KQ

We spoke to Omar before the OL NC elections

We spoke to Lucy before the OL NC election

We spoke to James before the OL NC election.