'Dennis Skinner vs Dementia’ will air on BBC Radio 2 tonight at 10pm. Hear the interview with Jeremy Vine as the legendary MP talks about how music and song helped his mother, a dementia patient.
According to Skinner, taking his mother to sing in a field where they spent time as children meant he would get thirty minutes back with is mum as they sang tunes by Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn. Dennis now regularly sings with those with the disease.
