Name: THE POLITICAL PARTY PODCAST WITH MATT FORDE AND TONY BLAIR
Start: 2021-04-22T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2021-04-22T21:15:00+01:00

Matt Forde (Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, The Royal Variety Performance, Mock the Week and Question Time) is joined by former Prime Minister Tony Blair for an exclusive episode of the Political Party podcast. 

Tony Blair is the most successful leader in the history of the Labour Party. First elected with a landslide in 1997, his decade-long stint as Prime Minister covered a number of landmark political events, including the death of Princess Diana, establishment of the national minimum wage, the Northern Ireland peace process, 9/11, The War on Terror and the 7/7 London bombings. He is the only Labour leader in the party’s history to have won three consecutive general elections. He currently serves as the executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. 

Matt is also offering you the chance to pose your own question to Tony Blair during the interview. Ticket bookers will be sent the information for submitting questions and Matt ask will the best ones to the former Prime Minister. The deadline for this is 5pm on Tuesday 20th April.

The Political Party Podcast is regularly in the Top 10 comedy podcasts and has hit over 6 million downloads. The show was recently listed by ‘The i’ newspaper as one of the 50 Greatest Podcasts. Previous guests include political heavyweights Ken Clarke, Julia Gillard, Anthony Scaramucci, Nicola Sturgeon, Sadiq Khan, Jeffrey Archer, Margaret Beckett, Michael Heseltine, Jack Straw and Edwina Currie. 

What the Press Have Said About Matt Forde

“Possibly the best political comedy show on the Fringe” 
★★★★★ Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph

“Forde is as gratifyingly sane as comedians come… smart, funny ideas” 
★★★★ Dominic Maxwell, The Times

“Is there a better political comic than Matt Forde currently working in the UK? I can't think of another to touch him”
★★★★½ Jay Richardson, Chortle

"Matt Forde never fails with his state-of-the-nation address, a mix of bang-on-the-money political takedowns and spot-on impressions"
★★★★ Mark Wareham, Mail On Sunday

“Matt Forde is the consummate political comedian” 
★★★★ Tim Cornwell, The Scotsman


Follow @MattForde on Twitter for the latest news and guest announcement

Presented by Avalon Promotions.

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