The Exit Interviews: Margaret Hodge

<p>Labour veteran Dame Margaret Hodge sits down for The Exit Interviews, our new series featuring MPs leaving Parliament at the next election.</p><br><p>She talks to Matt about her 30-year career in the Commons including being neighbours with Tony Blair, her battles with the BNP, and what she really said to Jeremy Corbyn when she confronted him over antisemitism.</p><br><p>Plus: Columnists Iain Martin and Libby Purves discuss whether Keir Starmer is the luckiest man in politics after a weekend of <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-latest-news-partygate-inquiry-resignation-95b2gfd93" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Conservative</a> and <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicola-sturgeon-arrest-snp-critics-urge-ex-leader-to-resign-party-whip-j80dzdc0f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SNP</a> chaos, and will <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-a-call-from-the-times-triggered-turmoil-for-tories-59cmnz8mm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boris Johnson shut up and go away</a>?</p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>