...televised. Way past the midnight hour on June 12th, 1987, the BBC cameras were in place at Haringey Town Hall to see Bernie Grant become MP for Tottenham. Shortly after...
...Day interviewed by Sue Lawley – 26th January 1990 Seasoned observers of the coverage of politics on the BBC knew that Sue Lawley and Robin Day burnt the midnight oil...
...recommended a form of self-rule in response to a growing political consciousness that intensified after World War Two. In the House of Commons Fenners Brockway MP praised its ‘federate by...
...written by J.P.W Mallalieu Oxford Dictionary National Biography Vol … written by Sarah Mc Cabe Hansard, Parliamentary Debates Pathe News – Labour Crisis 1960, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aqCvB0l69g BBC 1966 General Election, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j_Ms4g_wd8&t=13712s...
...living with paternal grandparents and spending weekends with her mother, Miriam Marks. Miriam was the daughter of Jewish Russian emigrees. These visits always involved a traditional Friday Night dinner that...
...veto because of the Peer’s dismissal of his Financial Bill to supplement this ground-breaking welfare programme. Dynamo of domestic politics Lloyd George’s public image was in ascendancy. While his wife...
...Indian Congress he encountered Jawahralal Nehru. Saklatvala was encouraged by Nehru’s demands for positive action believing in his roadmap for Indian Independence. Saklatvala died suddenly in January 1936 just days...
...a healthy turnout for the SDP (Social Democratic Party). Read Diane Abbott's Maiden Speech Internationalist One of the most contentious political subjects of the era was South Africa’s ongoing...
...A combative nationalist, he accused the Liberals of being morally weak German appeasers and vaunted himself as an international affairs expert who visited Russia on a dozen occasions during the...
...following year, Auschwitz was liberated by Russian troops. In response to this advance, the Nazis transported prisoners from the frontline much deeper into Germany, with many force-marched hundreds of miles....
