hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone whose political thinking shapes all of ours. this week my guest is a symbol of the modern labour party, a symbol if you like of a party of two eras. 0n the one hand, 13 years in power. 0n the other, 12 years of powerlessness. yvette cooper was once a young rising star of the new labour blair and brown years, but what followed was the wilderness years of opposition, summed up for many by the night on which her husband ed balls lost his seat, as a neighbour of hers in yorkshire. cooper ran to be labour leader againstjeremy corbyn and lost and lost badly. keir starmer brought her back to front line politics, asking her to become shadow home secretary. yvette cooper, welcome to political thinking.
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone whose political thinking shapes all of ours. this week my guest is a symbol of the modern labour party, a symbol if you like of a party of two eras. on the one hand, 13 years in power. on the other, 12 years of powerlessness. yvette cooper was once a young rising star of the new labour blair and brown years, but what followed was the wilderness years of opposition, summed up for many by the night on which her husband ed balls lost his seat, as a neighbour of hers in yorkshire. cooper ran to be labour leader againstjeremy corbyn and lost and lost badly. keir starmer brought her back to front line politics, asking her to become shadow home secretary. yvette cooper, welcome to political thinking.
slipping into poverty. i think it s about getting a labour government, isn t it? , , government, isn t it? maybe. maybe one da . government, isn t it? maybe. maybe one day- as government, isn t it? maybe. maybe one day. as well government, isn t it? maybe. maybe one day. as well as government, isn t it? maybe. maybe one day. as well as always, - government, isn t it? maybe. maybe one day. as well as always, you re i one day. as well as always, you re occasionally allowed a holiday! and what i ve heard about the ed balls yvette cooper holidays, i can t decide, if i was one of your kids, if i would think this was heaven or hell. the sound of music trip. that was absolutely hell. the sound of music trip. twat was absolutely great fun. you know that scene in the sound of music where they sing doe a deer in their old on the bikes along the long road, we are in cycling along that road, we are in cycling along that road, we are in cycling along that road, we had a beatbox and a tour g
of two eras. on the one hand, 13 years in power. on the other, 12 years of powerlessness. yvette cooper was once a young rising star of the new labour blair and brown years, but what followed was the wilderness years of opposition, summed up for many by the night on which her husband ed balls lost his seat, as a neighbour of hers in yorkshire. cooper ran to be labour leader againstjeremy corbyn and lost and lost badly. keir starmer brought her back to front line politics, asking her to become shadow home secretary. yvette cooper, welcome to political thinking. good to be here, nick. i m sorry to mention the powerlessness! when you watch the tory infighting this week, who is going to be leader? and nobody says keir starmer. it is, will it bejeremy hunt, will it be borisjohnson? does it increase that sense of frustration,