In the second episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, host Laura Hood, senior politics editor at The Conversation, looks back at a century of class in British politics to understand why Tony Blair's decision to move Labour away from the working class was such a watershed moment.&nbsp;Featuring <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/mark-garnett-104993" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Garnett</a>, senior lecturer in politics at Lancaster University, <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/martin-farr-183458" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Martin Farr</a>, senior lecturer in contemporary British history at Newcastle University and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/tim-bale-92143" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tim Bale</a>, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. Plus interviews with former Labour MPs Reg Race and David Hanson, who is now a member of the House of Lords and minister of state for the Home Office.Know your place is a series supported by the <a href="https://natcen.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Centre for Social Research</a>. It's produced and mixed by Anouk Millet for The Conversation. <a href="https://theconversation.com/thatcher-blair-and-a-brief-history-of-class-in-british-politics-podcast-240738" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full credits available here</a>.The Conversation Documentaries, formerly The Anthill podcast, is home to in-depth audio series from The Conversation UK, a not-for-profit independent news organisation. <a href="https://theconversation.com/uk/who-we-are" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Find out more</a> and <a href="https://donate.theconversation.com/uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">donate here</a>. And consider signing up for our <a href="https://theconversation.com/uk/newsletters/subscribe?utm_campaign=System&utm_content=newsletter&utm_medium=TopBar&utm_source=theconversation.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">free daily newsletter</a>.Further reading<ul><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/can-kemi-badenoch-claim-to-have-become-working-class-while-working-in-mcdonalds-and-why-would-she-want-to-240638" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Can Kemi Badenoch claim to have ‘become working class’ while working in McDonald’s – and why would she want&nbsp;to?</a></li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/age-not-class-is-now-the-biggest-divide-in-british-politics-new-research-confirms-213699" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Age, not class, is now the biggest divide in British politics, new research&nbsp;confirms</a></li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/thatcher-helped-people-to-buy-their-own-homes-but-the-poorest-paid-the-price-50133" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thatcher helped people to buy their own homes – but the poorest paid the&nbsp;price</a></li></ul><hr> 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.

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