EP90: (The Rather Less Horrible) James Callaghan

James Callaghan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1976 and 1979. He is also the only person to have held the UK's four Great Offices of State: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, and Prime Minister. <br/><br/>This episode is the next in the "Rather Less Horrible" Series, where my guest and I discuss politicians less unpleasant than most of the others on the podcast, but whose careers still hold important lessons. <br/><br/>Callaghan's time in power is a lesson in collective leadership; having kept his Labour Government together in a time of high inflation, low growth and strikes. Rishi Sunak, who faces similar challenges, would do well to take note of this prime minister somewhat forgotten in modern British politics. <br/><br/>My guest today is a particularly special one given our subject; she is James Callaghan’s daughter, Baroness Margaret Jay. Margaret had a unique perspective on her father’s long political career, and also later served as a minister in the Tony Blair government.