Legacy and Leadership: Interview with Lord Attlee, Grandson of Clement Attlee and Hereditary Peer
OffTheCuth by Fiona Cuthbertson
Episode notes
Interview with Lord Attlee about being the grandson of Clement Attlee, coming back from Iraq to find out there were no weapons of mass destruction, prison reform and the changes being made to the House of Lords by the Labour Government.
BIOG: Steeped in politics from a young age due to his Grandfather being the one and only Clement Attlee, Lord Attlee has been a hereditary member of the House of Lords since 1992. Before he took the title though, he made it his business to have a professional career and went into business in the field of commercial vehicle recovery and repair in order to ensure that any future political endeavours were grounded in operational experience. He also has military experience served in Bosnia, the Gulf War and Rwanda which he has used to great effect in creating effective solutions to problems like prison reform. ...