LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Labour conference - Party election rules

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:04:26

Description

Report on the Labour Party conference in Brighton following the Party’s defeat in the 1979 General Election, with a debate on changing the rules for electing the Party leader and the automatic reselection of MPs. With speeches from: leader James Callaghan; Eric Heffer MP; Frank Chapple, EETPU; Ian Mikardo MP; Bryan Stanley, Post Engineers Union. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Contributors

James Callaghan; Eric Heffer; Frank Chapple; Ian Mikardo; Peter Murphy?; Bryan Stanley

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour Party; Political conferences; Political parties; Conferences; Electoral reform; Parliamentary candidates; Political leaders; Brighton; Regulations

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