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Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Dawn Butler

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Dawn Butler was the first black woman to speak at the despatch box in the House of Commons. But as a young person it had not once occurred to her to go into politics. In this episode, Dawn explains how an injustice she experienced at primary school triggered a series of events, encouraging her to confront wrongs where she sees them, even within her own ranks. Her book, A Purposeful Life is out now.

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0:00.0

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0:32.3

This is a global player original podcast.

0:37.4

Music Player Original podcast.

0:55.8

Hello and welcome to full disclosure, a podcast project conceived to let me spend more time than I'd ever get on the radio with interesting people.

1:02.6

And there is a, well, there's always quite a lot to cram in, but in the case of Dawn Butler MP, there is perhaps even more than usual.

1:04.1

Dawn, welcome. Thank you for this.

1:12.6

It's nice to see you. Just sort of beginning at the beginning, what exactly did your dad do?

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