destroyed the city. and we got into the, what did neil kinnock call it in that famous speech? that grotesque chaos is what he described liverpool as at the time. what is sad is i think i can remember the speech, the grotesque chaos, he said, of people scuttling around in taxis with redundancy notices to their own workers. we re showing our age in my political nerdiness. but for people who don t remember, this was derek hatton was running militant with a capital m that s the name of an organisation, not a description faction that was running liverpool council. but it made you think what at that time? well, it made me think that there must be a better way. there must be a better way. and it coincided with a, you know, a conservative government nationally, who, as far as i could see and i know there are lots of people who felt that what that government did was a negative for the city. but as far as i could see,
now there are lots of liverpudlian senior tories. now there wouldn t have been five, ten, 15, 20 years ago, partly because of the rage. and i think that is a fair description, the rage that was felt in that city towards margaret thatcher for many years. there s you, there s theresa coffey, there s nadine dorries, jake berry. gillian keegan. esther mcvey. esther mcvey, many of whom done this podcast. was it because of your upbringing in liverpool in an incredibly politically charged time that you became a conservative? yeah. steve mcpartland, there s lots of us now. i think somebody said to me the other day, there are more scouse born tories now than there are labour. and i definitely think that the atmosphere in the city during the 1970s and eighties kind of radicalised the generation of young people to become conservatives. you know, we all watched as the hard left under derek hatton essentially
and i think that is a fair description, the rage that was felt in that city towards margaret thatcher for many years. there s you, there s theresa coffey, there s nadine dorries, jake berry. gillian keegan. esther mcvey. esther mcvey, many of whom done this podcast. was it because of your upbringing in liverpool in an incredibly politically charged time that you became a conservative? yeah. steve mcpartland, there s lots of us now. i think somebody said to me the other day, there are more scouse born tories now than there are labour. and i definitely think thatthe atmosphere in the city during the 19705 and 80s kind of radicalised the generation of young people to become conservatives. you know, we all watched as the hard left under derek hatton essentially destroyed the city. and we got into the what did neil kinnock call it in that famous speech? the grotesque chaos is what he described liverpool as at the time.
what is sad is i think i can remember the speech, the grotesque chaos, he said, of people scuttling around in taxis with redundancy notices to their own workers. we re showing our age in our political nerdiness. but for people who don t remember, this was derek hatton was running militant with a capital m that s the name of an organisation, not a description faction that was running liverpool council. but it made you think what at that time? well, it made me think that there must be a better way. there must be a better way. and it coincided with a, you know, a conservative government nationally who, as far as i could see and i know there are lots of people who felt that what that government did was a negative for the city. but as far as i could see, they were kicking in doors for people like me, little boys from south liverpool, basically saying you can be whatever you want. did you need doors kicking in? you come from aigburth. that s quite posh. well, big houses.
a focus on private sector enterprise and growth is critical, and setting people free to build businesses is a key part of that. and let s turn to your story now. people listening to kit malthouse, particularly if you come from the north west like me, he would say he s a scouser, isn t he? now there are lots of liverpudlian senior tories. now there wouldn t have been five, ten, 15, 20 years ago, partly because of the rage. and i think that is a fair description, the rage that was felt in that city towards margaret thatcher for many years. there s you, there s theresa coffey, there s nadine dorries, jake berry. gillian keegan, esther mcvey. esther mcvey, many of whom done this podcast. was it because of your upbringing in liverpool in an incredibly politically charged time that you became a conservative? yeah. steve mcpartland, there s lots of us now. i think somebody said to me the other day, there are more scouse born tories now than there are labour. and i definitely think that the at