Tony Blair elected Labour Party leader - reaction to speech

Title

Tony Blair elected Labour Party leader - reaction to speech

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

22 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:27

Description

Des Fahy reports on the election of Tony Blair as Labour Party leader and John Prescott as his deputy focusing on reactions to Blair’s inaugural speech. Includes interviews with shadow Treasury spokesperson Harriet Harman; shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown; Engineering Union General Secretary Bill Jordan; Tony Blair; shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook; shadow Transport Secretary Frank Dobson.

Contributors

Frank Dobson; Robin Cook; Harriet Harman; Tony Blair; Des Fahy; Gordon Brown; Bill Jordan

Keywords

Elections; Trade unions; Labour Party; TUC; Political leadership; Political parties; Tony Blair; Political leaders; John Prescott

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