LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Changing moods at the Labour Party Conference

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Report on mood shifts and comedy moments at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool. Includes Party Chair, Neville Hough, on noise at the back of the room; Steven Hepburn on the Jarrow march on unemployment; Ian Mikardo on his hopes for retirement; Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE attacking the Conservatives; a spoonerism (by Syd Tierney?). Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ian Mikardo; Steven Hepburn; Rodney Bickerstaffe; Sydney Tierney?

Keywords

Comedy; Politics; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Political parties; Conferences; Blackpool

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