This new David Hare play charted the trajectory of a doctor who was also a member of the Labour Party from her student days to the decision to run a Labour Party leader. It was told in flashbacks and flash forwards, starting from an announcement that she would not be standing and ending with the later contrary announcement that she would be. We went back to her student days with Jack and a long scene when they split up. Later, he reappears in her life as he is a Labour Party stalwart and she a single-issue (saving her NHS hospital) MP. The flame rekindles momentarily but by now he is married with children.
I found it all interesting enough to sit and watch and Sian Brooke's playing of the MP ws excellent. However, the takeaways rather eluded me and I suspect it will all be distinctly forgotten by the end of the year if not before.
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