Tony Blair speaks to unions as Labour leader

Title

Tony Blair speaks to unions as Labour leader

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

19 Nov 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

Chris Chambers reports on new Labour Party leader Tony Blair making his first major speech to a union conference as leader yesterday. He spoke at the union ‘94 conference of a partnership for the future and the changing role of the unions. Includes speech by Marion Darke, as conference chairman, introducing Blair; excerpt of speech by Blair; reaction from Denis MacShane, Labour MP and delegate; speech by John Monks, TUC leader, echoing Blair’s ideas.

Contributors

Tony Blair; John Monks; Denis MacShane; Marion(?) Darke(?)

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour Party; Conferences; Political leaders

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