Tony Blair pushes for Labour modernisation

Title

Tony Blair pushes for Labour modernisation

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

11 Mar 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Mary(?) Munn(?) reports from Scotland on Labour Party leader Tony Blair’s attempt to modernise the Party, and the reaction the proposals received at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Inverness. The changes to clause 4 (on commitment to public ownership of industry) were voted in. Includes vox pop with delegates against the proposals; Scottish Executive Assistant General Secretary Tommy Shepherd gives his support; Tony Blair speech criticising the Conservative Party policy on devolution, and laying out his proposals for the future of the Labour Party.

Contributors

Tony Blair; Mary(?) Munn(?); Tommy Shepherd

Keywords

Politics; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Scotland; Political leadership; Political parties; Conferences; Devolution; Constitutions; Public ownership; Political doctrines; Inverness

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