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Not A Day For Soundbites

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Three New Episodes This November

October 24, 2026 · 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.
Episode Eleven: Gordon Brown's New Labour Achievements Speech

June 5, 2024 · 1 hr 24 min

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…
Episode Ten: Neil Kinnock’s 1983 Acceptance Speech

May 21, 2023 · 41 min

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…
Episode Nine: Philip Snowden w/ Alex Clifford of History’s Most

February 24, 2023 · 1 hr 42 min

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…
Episode Eight: Who was John Robert Clynes?

December 9, 2022 · 59 min

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?…

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Neil Kinnock on Labour Speeches

December 2, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min

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…
Episode Six: The 1976 Monetarist Speech w/ Anthony Broxton of Tides of History

October 14, 2022 · 55 min

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 the October 1976…
Episode Five: The ”A Thousand Years of History” Speech

January 9, 2022 · 1 hr 27 min

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 by his past and his…
Episode Four: The ”Pound In Your Pocket” Speech

October 8, 2021 · 29 min

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 in your pocket…
Episode Three: The ”Education, Education, Education” Speech

September 18, 2021 · 40 min

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 Leader of the Labour…
Episode Two: The Anti Militant Speech

March 31, 2021 · 42 min

In this episode of the podcast Will looks at Neil Kinnock's famous 1985 Labour Party Conference Speech, known as the Anti Militant Speech, and examines the circumstances around its delivery and Neil Kinnock's time as leader of the Labour…
Episode One: "White Heat of Technology"

February 8, 2021 · 23 min

In the first episode of the podcast Will examines Harold Wilson's 1963 Labour Party Conference speech, known as the "White Heat of Technology" speech, and investigates the circumstances relating to its creation, why Wilson gave this…

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About the show

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.