The Mummafesto

By: Stella Creasy
  • Summary

  • Being a parent, trying to become one, choosing not to be, gaining a family or losing one, having or being mums or dads or not shapes our lives in so many ways. In this podcast we explore how parenting – both being one or not or having them near or far- influences your perspective. And how in the run up to an election here in the UK it influences your politics. In the Mummafesto, Labour and Cooperative MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy will speak to campaigners, academics and changemakers - people whose work is making our country a better place to be in. They'll explore how parenting has influenced their work and their mission - the motivations, the fears, the tears and the chaos as well as tiredness, and what they would like to put in their 'Mummafesto' for the General Election. Promoted by Tim Dexter on behalf of Stella Creasy, both at 23 Orford Road E17 9NL.
    Copyright 2024 Stella Creasy
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Episodes
  • The Mummafesto: Ashley James, presenter and campaigner
    Dec 6 2024

    This week's guest is Ashley James, the TV presenter and DJ. Ashley started out her career in Made in Chelsea but has now moved into being a commentator and journalist on a number of platforms, including on the Jeremy Vine Show, GB News, and indeed This Morning. Ashley is a fearsome campaigner for women's rights, having spoken out on a range of issues, including sexual harassment, the rights for single women to have IVF on the NHS, and indeed on reproductive rights. Ashley, welcome to the Mummafesto.

    You can find out more about Ashley and her work here.

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    35 mins
  • The Mummafesto: Jemma Forte, journalist and host of The Trawl
    Nov 14 2024

    My guest this week is broadcaster and journalist Jemma Forte. Jemma has been a professional presenter for over twenty years and began her career at Disney Channel. Jemma is now a regular on Sky News, BBC, Jeremy Vine and was formally a presenter and panelist on Channel 5’s current affairs show ‘The Wright Stuff’.

    For the last two years Jemma has hosted popular politics podcast, The Trawl, with journalist Marina Purkiss. On The Trawl Jemma and Marina scroll through social media so their listeners don’t have to – discussing global politics and interviewing some of the UK’s top politicians.

    You can find out more about Jemma's work here and listen to The Trawl on Apple and Spotify.

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    36 mins
  • The Mummafesto: Rachel Johnson
    Nov 7 2024

    Joining me this week is journalist and author Rachel Johnson. Rachel was the first female graduate trainee at the Financial Times and has since written weekly columns for the Sunday telegraph, daily telegraph and evening standard. She is a contributing editor of The Spectator and now writes a weekly column in the The Mail on Sunday. From 2009-2012 she was editor of The Lady, Britain’s longest-running women’s magazine. Rachel, welcome to the Mummafesto.

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    42 mins

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