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.

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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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