Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Cleo Lake

Season 1, Episode 1: Founding member of Countering Colston, Green party city councillor and former Lord Mayor, Cleo Lake has a lot to say on the big questions of politics, race, history and the future of Bristol and beyond.

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs 14th July, 2020

Neil Maggs, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Unafraid to speak truth to power, Cleo has challenged Mayor Marvin Rees on not having confronted Edward Colston’s legacy, having herself swiftly removed his portrait from the Lord Mayor’s office. A leading voice for reparations for the legacy and current damage of slavery and colonialism, Cleo is currently running for election as Deputy Leader of the English Green Party.

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Alison Allan

July 16, 2020 at 9:38 am

Excellent and illuminating. I learnt so much.

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John

July 18, 2020 at 6:30 pm

Cleo you lost credibility when you messed up the st pauls carnival tender in 2015/2016; im not sure you can be trusted !

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Kendall

July 18, 2020 at 11:49 pm

Brilliant as always from Cleo

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