20 | Angela & Maria Eagle MPs

Angela and Maria Eagle - both Labour MPs - were encouraged to aim high from as early as they can remember. At 8 years old, the twins started beating their dad at chess and then quickly moved on to squarely defeating the boys at their local chess club. As well as chess, their parents taught them about equality for women and the value of education. At home they were also immersed in politics - debating and arguing with each other as well as "shouting at the telly" if a Tory happened to be on "spouting Tory nonsense..." . As serving members of parliament they are sustained by the bond forged as children and in 2016 when Angela made her bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as party leader, Maria provided emotional support in the face of relentless trolling and abuse, some of which focussed on her sister's sexuality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.