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Being Privileged and on the Left - In Conversation with Polly Toynbee

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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The End of Disappointment

"If you're on the left, we're just used to disappointment," she says. "We spent all of our lives trying to do the best for people with less than us and then they turn around and kick us in the teeth." The book at times is hilarious but there's also a sort of sad tone, I thought,. She adds: 'I've lived under conservative governments, elections being disappointment after disappointment'

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