Ep 22: Politician & Ex Journalist, Clive Lewis

Grit Pod
May 30, 2021

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Clive Lewis MP

Clive Lewis is a British Labour politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015.

He previously served as vice-president of the National Union of Students, worked as a TV reporter for BBC News and served as an infantry officer with the Territorial Army. He served a three-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.

He became shadow defence secretary in June 2016, and shadow business secretary in October 2016. He left the Shadow Cabinet in 2017 in protest over the Labour Party’s decision to trigger Article 50 to leave the EU, but rejoined the front bench a year later as shadow minister for sustainable economics.

Listen Here: Episode 22

Examples of Clive’s Work:

Owen Jones Meets Clive Lewis
Dealing with Afghanistan — BBC News Report
Interview with Andrew Marr on BBC News
Double Down News Interview on Palestine
The Wright Stuff Appearance
Election Win

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