Margaret Hodge: “We need to be a LOT tougher on dirty money” – Deep Dive with Labour’s “battleaxe”

Podcast: The Bunker – Your daily news Deep Dive · Podmasters

Opublikowano: 2026-10-14

Margaret Hodge has never been one to bite her tongue. The veteran Labour politician served as a minister under Blair then Brown, saw off the BNP in Barking, and told Jeremy Corbyn exactly what she thought of him. It’s why she’s a self-styled “Battleaxe” – and why it’s the title of her new memoir. She tells Zoë Grünewald what she’s learned about fighting the far-right and anti-semites; where Burnham is getting it right and wrong; and why the need to get dirty money out of politics is more urgent than ever. • Buy Margaret’s boo...