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Daily Politics Conference Special, The

Synopsis
BBC currents affairs series in which parliamentary reports are presented by Andrew Neil and Jenny Scott. This edition reported on the Labour Party Conference, the last conference with Tony Blair as leader. Includes a 3 minute item in which John Kampfner, editor of the New Statesman, reporting from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, gives his personal take on Tony Blair’s final speech. He surmises which Shakespeare play best tells the story of a man ‘who ruled for so long over all he surveyed only to be bundled out, who promised to be humble with power only to succomb to its temptations, and who pledged to right wrongs on the battlefield only to be driven back by his foe’. He considers parallels between the fallen heroes in Julius Caesar and Coriolanus.
Series
Daily Politics, The
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
26 Sep 2006 at 11:30 (Channel: BBC2)
Duration
90 mins

Credits

Contributor
John Kampfner

Additional Details

Theatre
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Production type
Other
Subjects
Politics & government
Keywords
politics; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Blair, Tony

Notes

General
A video clip may be viewed at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/5382042.stm. A transcript is also available at the same address (October 2006)

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