Labour leader John Smith dies

Title

Labour leader John Smith dies

Genre

News report; Speech; Tribute

TX Date

13 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:07:05

Description

Peter Murphy reports from Westminster on tributes by MPs from all parties following the sudden death of Labour Party leader John Smith from a heart attack yesterday. Includes announcement by Speaker Betty Boothroyd of his death, in the Commnos; speeches in tribute from Prime Minister John Major; acting Labour leader Margaret Beckett; former Labour leader Neil Kinnock; Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown; Labour MP Dennis Skinner. Also archive extracts from Smith’s speeches to conference and in the Commons, with Beckett on Smith’s last speech the night before he died. Audio level low.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Neil Kinnock; Dennis Skinner; Betty Boothroyd; John Major; John Smith; Paddy Ashdown; Margaret Beckett

Keywords

Deaths; Politics; Labour Party; Political leadership; Political parties; Political leaders; Heart arrest; John Smith; Politicans

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