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In the 1980s, Liverpool's fortunes plummeted. Docks shut, jobs vanished and neighbourhoods erupted into riots. Into this fractious world stepped a group of hard-left politicians that would be celebrated and vilified in turn - Militant.Three and a half decades on, Militant is still a loaded word in British politics. In Liverpool, many families will never forgive them. But for others, they were heroes.This is the story of how a secretive group of left-wingers captured power in one of Britain's great cities, and took on Margaret Thatcher. It's about what happens when you try to put your ideals into practice - and how it can go spectacularly wrong. It involves skulduggery, taxis and a case of missing orchids.This is the story of the most controversial group in British politics. It's the story of Militant in Liverpool.
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Average audio length:
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English
United States
8 episodes
since Jan. 13, 2020
serial
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Here's what you can expect from The Brink, the podcast about Militant in 1980s Liverpool.Presented by Julia Rampen, edited by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
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For many in the Labour Party, Liverpool became a cautionary tale of what happens when you dare to be too left-wing.The story of Militant was a warning about the dangers of entryism - how an organisation within a party can come close to taking over the party itself.Julia Rampen travels back to 1980s…
In this episode, Julia Rampen travels back to 1980s Liverpool, where the Militant-controlled council is poised to clash with Margaret Thatcher.By 1980, a city once known for its millionaires is almost unrecognisable.The docks lie empty. Hundreds of factories have closed, taking thousands and thousa…
In 1983, as Margaret Thatcher re-enters 10 Downing Street, a Militant-dominated Labour Party wins a sweeping majority in Liverpool.Taking control of Liverpool City Council, the Labour group is led by John Hamilton, Derek Hatton, and Tony Byrne.But who are these mismatch of leaders? Are they part of…
In the latest episode of The Brink, Julia Rampen moves the focus from Liverpool’s fight with Westminster to the changes that were happening in the city after Britain’s most left-wing local council got into power.She travels back to 1980s Liverpool and looks at the challenges faced by the Militant-d…
At a time when Liverpool was fragmenting in the early 1980s, the city found an unlikely ally in a Tory minister.Michael Heseltine - nicknamed Tarzan - spent three weeks walking the streets, until he became something of a bizarre local attraction for the neighbourhood kids.He listed the Albert Dock,…
After winning a game of brinkmanship with the Thatcher government in 1984, Liverpool Council is enlisted in the rate-cap rebellion of 1985. But when almost all the other rebel councils cave in, the city finds itself on its own.The councillors face an option: raise the rates, or back an illegal budg…
In the final episode of The Brink – the podcast that travels back to 1980s Liverpool to look at the rise and fall of Militant – we see the nadir of the political group.The Liverpool Echo's Julia Rampen speaks to key figures from the time, including former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, Militant's Dere…
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