Harry's Last Stand

Episodes

1. 14

   I stood with Harry excerpt from new Book About Harry Leslie Smith

   This is an excerpt from the book that I am writing about Harry Leslie Smith, my father. It is about the last 10 years of his life as well as the cancer I was diagnosed with after he died.

   May 29, 2021

   14m
2. 13

   A year after the death of Harry Leslie Smith's Death his son is diagnosed with Cancer

   The son of Harry Leslie Smith and keeper of his legacy talks about his cancer diagnosis, almost a year to the day of when his father died.

   Feb 9, 2020

   16m
3. 12

   Epilogue

   Epilogue to Harry's Leslie Smith's Podcast Harry's Last Stand. A summing up and perhaps a continuation.

   Jan 14, 2019

   7m
4. 11

   Harry's Last Stand Episode 13 Christmas

   In the snug of a pub while the storms of austerity batter Britain, I chat with you about the effects of poverty during the Great Depression when the Yuletide was a time of despair, for those struggling to stay alive in a world corrupted by greed.

   Dec 21, 2017

   8m
5. 10

   Harry's Last Stand Episode 11 We are all at the edge of Destitution

   Our world is much like the world of my youth;we are all working the coal face for pennies a day. Our wages are flat but our expenses are rising while hope for a better tomorrow is diminishing. Don't ever think Conservatives can save us from destitution because their ideology and greed is what is...

   Oct 16, 2017

   8m
6. 9

   Harry's Last Stand Episode 10 Don't Let My Past Be Your Future

   Harry Leslie Smith reads from his recently published book Don't Let My Past Be Your Future Britain is at its most dangerous juncture since Harry's youth - the NHS and social housing are in crisis, whilst Brexit and an unpopular government continue to divide the country - but there is hope. Just…

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   Sep 16, 2017

   8m
7. 8

   Harry's Last Stand Episode 9-Love Among the Ruins

   I have lived almost 100 years and I am approaching the long night of nonexistence, but I am not afraid because I have survived much turmoil: the Great Depression, the second world war, the cold war, the deaths of friends and also the hardest blows to my spirit, the passing of my beloved wife and...

   Aug 9, 2017

   14m
8. 8

   Episode 8 Harry's Last Stand Theresa May will privatise the NHS if we don't resist the Tories

   Until Labour came to government in 1945, I couldn’t believe that the working class would ever be treated as equal citizens in a society run for the benefit of the 1%. But the creation of the NHS changed my mind. When Labour established the NHS, I felt for the first time to be included in…

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   Jul 20, 2017

   10m
9. 6

   Harry's Last Stand Episode 7 Austerity has the blood of Grenfell Tower on its hands

   We are a nation unhappily and unfairly divided by wealth and privilege.It seems people died in Grenfell because they just weren’t wealthy enough to warrant proper safety considerations. That’s just not right, it’s not the Britain we deserve, it’s not the Britain my generation wanted to build in...

   Jun 28, 2017

   11m
10. 5

    Harry's Last Stand Episode 6 Today's Young Must be a Tide To Raise All Boats

    On June 8th, you have to rise up and be counted because you are worth more than flat wages. You are worth more than eternal austerity. You are worth more than hard Brexit. You are worth more than student debt and zero hour contracts. You are worth more than the greed of the 1% and the…

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    Jun 6, 2017

    13m
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    Harrys Last Stand Episode 5 Austerity is the end of Hope

    The British General Election is just weeks away and because of austerity, this maybe democracy's last whistle stop. I have lived for 94 years and seen the evil conservative politics has done to Britain and the world. To not vote in this election is surrender to the tyranny of austerity. My past...

    May 14, 2017

    7m
12. 3

    Harry's Last Stand Episode 4 The Fall of Nazism 1945 & the Rise of Democracy

    In the fourth episode of Harry's Last Stand. Harry Leslie Smith talks about the UK General Election, the dangers of nuclear war, the suffering caused by Tory austerity. Harry Leslie Smith also reflects on how spring always makes him remember the last days of the Second World War, when he along…

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    Apr 25, 2017

    9m
13. 2

    Harrys Last Stand Episode 3 The world Before the NHS when the poor died worst than animals

    In Episode 3 of Harry's Last Stand, 94 year old Harry Leslie Smith calls out to Britain to register to vote for the upcoming General Election. He warns against the cynical politics of the Tories that has divided Britain. He speaks about his past 80 years ago, and how in a time before the NHS, his...

    Apr 18, 2017

    11m
14. 1

    Harry's Last Stand Episode 2 The brutal short life of poor people

    It's the Second Episode of Harry's Last Stand and as we wait for our trains in a railway pub. I have begun to tell more about my 94 years of life. I speak of my sister's death from TB, the poverty of my youth, the madness of Brexit, the need for social justice and the dangers of Donald Trump

    Apr 13, 2017

    8m