Episode Eleven: Gordon Brown's New Labour Achievements Speech
In this final episode of the podcast, Will looks at the last speech given by a Labour Prime Minister at a Labour Party Conference - so far. It's a speech that is generally remembered for Gordon Brown's passionate listing of many of the achievements from the New Labour period in office. The episode looks at this speech in great depth and at Brown's career prior to making it and before he became Prime Minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode Ten: Neil Kinnock’s 1983 Acceptance Speech
In this episode of the podcast Will looks back at Neil Kinnock's 1983 Leadership acceptance speech, given at the 1983 Labour Party Conference in Brighton in the wake of Kinnock's election as leader of the Labour Party and the party's crushing defeat at the hands of the Conservatives at that year's general election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode Nine: Philip Snowden w/ Alex Clifford of History’s Most
In this episode of the podcast Will discusses the life and career of Philip Snowden, the Labour Party's first Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his infamous 1931 election broadcast with Alex Clifford one of the hosts of the History's Most podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode Eight: Who was John Robert Clynes?
In this episode of the podcast Will looks at the life of John Robert Clynes, the first Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, the first Englishman to lead Labour and one of its first Home Secretaries to answer the question - well who was he? This episode analyses his life and looks at a rare speech from the 1929 election (with thanks to Harry Taylor for providing the original recording). Warning: the quality of the speech recording has been cleaned up but is still not perfect so please be aware when listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Neil Kinnock on Labour Speeches
In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Neil Kinnock, the former Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 - 1992 to discuss the history of Labour speeches, his own approach to writing speeches and some of his most iconic speeches as Labour Leader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A new limited series examining iconic speeches from the History of the Labour Party, presented by Will Barber Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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