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Betty Boothroyd – A life well lived

Neil Kinnock and Penny Mordaunt on the first woman to become Speaker of the House of Commons.

In this episode of our 5 Minutes On podcast, people who knew Betty Boothroyd share their personal reflections with the ̳’s Kirsty Wark.

As Speaker of the House of Commons, Baroness Boothroyd’s voice was synonymous with British politics between 1992 and 2000.

Neil Kinnock - the former leader of the Labour Party - and Penny Mordaunt, the current leader of the Commons - reflect on the woman behind the public image, described by Lord Kinnock as a “working class aristocrat” and “one of life’s Monarchs”.

This episode is part of our podcast series, “Lives Well Lived”, available on ̳ Sounds, and as a documentary on ̳ iPlayer.

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