The Birth of Thatcherism Jeremy Gilbert Interview with the Labour Left Podcast Forty-five years ago, on 3 May 1979 Margaret Thatcher was elected. To mark the anniversary of the birth of Thatcherism Bryn Griffiths, the presenter of the Labour Left Podcast, sat down with Jeremy Gilbert to consider the birth of Thatcherism and Thatcher’s legacy. You can watch the Thatcherism Podcast on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41MpWil6hgg or go to your favourite Podcast provider and search for Labour Left Podcast. Jeremy Gilbert is a Professor of Cultural and Political Theory at the University of East London and a prolific podcaster currently hosting Culture Power and Politics. Many of you will know him because of his work with Momentum, Novara and the World Transformed so you will realise that he was an ideal guest to help us consider why Thatcherism was important, still casts a dark shadow over British politics today and needs to be understood so we can learn from history and be stronger as a Labour left. Other Labour Left Podcasts of interest to historians include Mike Jackson of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners discussing the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike; a history of Brighton Labour Briefing in the early eighties; Liz Davies, a former Labour National Executive member, sharing her story as a dissenter in Blair’s New Labour; Mike Phipps on the recent Labour history of Corbyn’s leadership; and, Rachel Garnham on the history of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy. If you’re enjoying the Labour Left Podcast, please like, comment, follow and share the podcast with fellow historians. If you are moved to respond to our podcast, please contact labourhubsite@gmail.com to submit an article and have your say. Bryn Griffiths is the host of Labour Hub's spin off the Labour Left Podcast. He is an activist in the labour movement, Momentum and The World Transformed in North Essex. You can find all the episodes of the Labour left Podcast here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6OoOmRsNNbCsHy_vtJ-Dl4KuHLIoOpI1 or if you prefer audio platforms (e.g. Amazon, Audible Spotify, Apple etc,) just search for Labour Left Podcast. Bryn Griffiths is standing for the National Policy Forum CLP Representatives Eastern Region Division 1. He is standing as part of the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance team and you can find all the details of the campaign here https://labourhub.org.uk/2024/04/09/preparing-for-a-labour-government-why-labours-national-policy-forum-elections-matter/