Women With Balls

The Alison McGovern Edition


Listen Later

Alison McGovern sits on Labour’s front bench as the shadow minister for work and pensions but was first elected as an MP in 2010. Growing up in Merseyside, her grandfather was a folk singer who wrote ‘My Liverpool Home’. Her father was a railwayman that campaigned for better working conditions, but it was her mother that sparked her interest in politics.

Following a successful career as Labour councillor she went onto win her seat for Wirral South. Alison has led several senior posts for Labour, which began as Gordon Brown’s parliamentary secretary, then Opposition Whip, Shadow Minister for international development, Shadow Education, Shadow Treasury Minister and Shadow DCMS Minister.

Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.


For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.


Contact us: [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Women With BallsBy The Spectator

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

20 ratings


More shows like Women With Balls

View all
Political Fix by Financial Times

Political Fix

144 Listeners

Best of the Spectator by The Spectator

Best of the Spectator

187 Listeners

Coffee House Shots by The Spectator

Coffee House Shots

176 Listeners

Politics Unpacked by Times Radio

Politics Unpacked

109 Listeners

Americano by The Spectator

Americano

266 Listeners

Holy Smoke by The Spectator

Holy Smoke

128 Listeners

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson by BBC Radio 4

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

90 Listeners

Where Politics Meets History by Global

Where Politics Meets History

71 Listeners

The Edition by The Spectator

The Edition

49 Listeners

Table Talk by The Spectator

Table Talk

9 Listeners

Iain Dale All Talk by Global

Iain Dale All Talk

33 Listeners

Spectator Out Loud by Spectator Out Loud

Spectator Out Loud

6 Listeners

The Daily T by The Telegraph

The Daily T

126 Listeners

Westminster Insider by POLITICO

Westminster Insider

38 Listeners

Rachel Johnson's Difficult Women by Global

Rachel Johnson's Difficult Women

26 Listeners

Electoral Dysfunction by Sky News

Electoral Dysfunction

91 Listeners

Political Currency by Persephonica

Political Currency

124 Listeners

Quite right! by The Spectator

Quite right!

53 Listeners