John Smith on need for constitutional change
- Title
- John Smith on need for constitutional change
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 2 Mar 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:03:31
- Description
- Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports from Westminster on Labour Party leader John Smith’s speech on the need for constitutional change, which represents a new direction for the party. Includes extracts, with Smith calling for the restoration of the democratic balance of power in favour of the citizen; a culture of openess in society and government policy making; the protection of human rights; a freedom of information act; and an annual state of the nation report.
- Contributors
- John Smith; Kevin Murphy
- Keywords
- Human rights; Labour Party; Right to information; Political systems; Political reform; Constitutional development
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LBC/IRN, "John Smith on need for constitutional change". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001400311006 (Accessed 17 May 2025)