Not A Day For Soundbites

Limited series examining iconic speeches from Labour Party history AI summary

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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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  1. 2026-10-24 · 1 min

    Three new episodes of the podcast will be released this November - stay tuned for when the episodes are released. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 2024-06-05 · 1 hr 24 min · Episode 12

    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…

  3. 2023-05-21 · 41 min · Episode 11

    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…

  4. 2023-02-24 · 1 hr 42 min · Episode 10

    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…

  5. 2022-12-09 · 59 min · Episode 9

    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…

  6. 2022-12-02 · 1 hr 5 min · Episode 8

    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…

  7. 2022-10-14 · 55 min · Episode 7

    In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Anthony Broxton, creator of the Tides of History website and Twitter account, to discuss Jim Callaghan's first speech as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister at…

  8. 2022-01-09 · 1 hr 27 min · Episode 6

    In this episode Will looks at Hugh Gaitskell's famous 1962 Labour Party Conference speech, the "A Thousand Years of History" speech and attempts to uncover what made Gaitskell write the speech and how it was influenced…

  9. 2021-10-08 · 29 min · Episode 5

    In this episode of the podcast Will examines Harold Wilson's 1967 "Pound in Your Pocket" speech, given as the pound was devalued by Harold Wilson's government. Wilson's speech was well remembered for the infamous pound…

  10. 2021-09-18 · 40 min · Episode 4

    In this episode of the podcast Will looks at Tony Blair's 1996 Labour Party Conference speech, the "Education, Education, Education" speech and examines the circumstances around its delivery and Tony Blair's time as…

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Oldest episode in feed
01/2021 · over 5 years
Typical length
52 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords
Politics, British Politics, British Political Speeches, Labour Party, The Labour Party, Neil Kinnock, Tony Blair, British Political Debate

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