The Guilty Feminist · Deborah Frances-White

Deborah Frances-White in conversation with Hannah Spencer

February 25, 2026·25 min·1 clip

Hannah says the race could be decided by as many as 70 votes.

1. The Guilty Feminist focuses on the Gorton and Denton by-election and Hannah Spencer's Green Party campaign. 2. Deborah Frances-White hosts Hannah Spencer, who is the Green candidate and a plumber-training plasterer in Greater Manchester. 3. The episode asks whether volunteers can help the Greens overtake Reform in a contest framed as being decided by a tiny margin. 4. Hannah says she was not political before joining the Green Party about three and a half years ago. 5. She explains that she started leafleting with her local party, helped elect someone, and then got elected herself. 6. Hannah says she has now finished her plastering course and earned a distinction from her sitting guilds. 7. Deborah says Hannah works in houses as a plumber and plasterer, which gives her a direct view of poverty in the constituency. 8. Hannah describes school uniforms families cannot afford, fridges that are bare, and parents juggling work with annual legal gas checks. 9. She says people in Greater Manchester are living in the shadows of new skyscrapers while still struggling to make ends meet. 10. Deborah and Hannah contrast that reality with Matt Goodwin's campaign, which Deborah describes as far-right and extreme. 11. Deborah quotes Goodwin talking about a "biological reality check" for young women and taxes for women without children. 12. Hannah says she has condemned everything Matt Goodwin has said since the start and says Labour has not challenged him enough. 13. Hannah says she pressed Goodwin to explain himself at hustings while the Labour candidate remained silent next to her. 14. The campaign asks people to deliver leaflets, lead teams, and knock on doors on Thursday 26 February from 6 in the morning until 10 at night. 15. Hannah says Reform voters are more likely to turn out than Green voters, so volunteers must remind supporters that polling day has arrived. 16. She says the research suggests the race could be down to as many as 70 votes, which makes every conversation matter. 17. The tone is urgent, practical, and openly emotional, with Deborah repeatedly urging listeners to travel to Gorton and Denton. 18. The format is a short broadcast-style interview with live calls for action, contact details, and repeated reminders about where to volunteer. 19. People who want UK local-election activism and Green Party organizing will want this episode. 20. People who want a long-form policy interview or no campaign appeal may skip it.

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