From the Archives: In Conversation with David Owen

  • 3 Feb 2019

This interview was conducted in early 2010 and appeared in Total Politics magazine. ID: What is your role in politics nowadays? DO: I am a voice. I very rarely vote in the House of Lords and I focus entirely on international affairs. It would be unwise to pretend you hav...

From the Archives: In Conversation with David Starkey

  • 3 Feb 2019

This interview was conducted in early May 2009 and appeared in Total Politics magazine. ID: How did you first get into history? DS: Almost accidentally.  It was by no means a subject  I was most interested in.  Most people thought I was going to be a scientist.  My best ...

From the Archives: In Conversation with John Bercow

  • 3 Feb 2019

This interview was conducted in December 2009 and appeared in Total Politics magazine.   ID So what’s a nice boy from the University of Essex doing in a place like this? JB: I enjoy it, I enjoy the role, I enjoy Speaker’s House. It would be dishonest and misleading to...

From the Archives: In Conversation with Boris Johnson

  • 3 Feb 2019

This interview was conducted in the summer of 2008 and appeared in Total Politics magazine. How has the mayor’s job differed from what you may have expected on your first day? It’s infinitely better and more difficult. Difficult in what way? Just the complexity of ...

From the Archives: In Conversation with Ann Widdecombe

  • 3 Feb 2019

ID: How much of your time are thinking about and preparing for retirement? AW: Quite a lot, but the plans have been in place for a long time. I’ve bought a house on Dartmoor. I know exactly what I’m going to do. The office is beginning to gear up. We’ve got 22 years of arch...

From The Archives: In Conversation With Andrew Neil

  • 3 Feb 2019

This interview appeared in the September edition of Total Politics Magazine in 2010. I read on Wikipedia that you were tutored by Vince Cable at university. Only briefly. In my final year at university when I was doing political economy and political science at the Unive...

US Campaign Commercials Video Collection: The Republicans

  • 2 Feb 2019

Dwight D Eisenhower 1952 - I like Ike Dwight D Eishenhower - 1956 Re-election Ads Richard Nixon 1960 Barry Goldwater 1964 - The Daisy Ad Richard Nixon 1968 - Nixon's The One Richard Nixon 1972 Gerald...

US Campaign Commercials Video Collection: The Democrats

  • 2 Feb 2019

Adlai Stevenson 1952 Adlai Stevenson 1956 John F Kennedy 1960 Lyndon Johnson 1964 - The Ice Cream Robert Kennedy - 1968 Hubert Humphrey 1968 George McGovern 1972 Jimmy Carter 1976 - The Man from Plains Jim...

My Top Ten Party Political Broadcasts of All Time

  • 2 Feb 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

Spoof Party Political Broadcasts

  • 2 Feb 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

Conservative Party Political Broadcasts Video Collection

  • 2 Feb 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you know of PPB...

Labour Party Political Broadcasts Video Collection

  • 2 Feb 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

Vintage Party Political Broadcasts 1950-1970 Video Collection

  • 2 Feb 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

EDP/EADT Column: The Next Two Months Will Define Theresa May's Legacy

  • 2 Feb 2019

Good week for Theresa May - but it’s the big Brexit deal which will make or break her premiership.   It doesn’t happen often, but Theresa May had a good day on Tuesday. She urged MPs to vote against government policy on the Northern Ireland backstop, and they did so. Biz...

Minor Party Party Political Broadcasts Video Collection

  • 1 Feb 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

Green Party Political Broadcasts Video Collection

  • 1 Feb 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

UKIP Party Political Broadcasts Video Collection

  • 31 Jan 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

SNP Party Political Broadcast Video Collection

  • 31 Jan 2019

This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...

The 1918 General Election Campaign Video Collection

  • 30 Jan 2019

Winston Churchill Speech Women vote for the first time Countess Markievicz Sinn Fein - Only Woman Returned In Irish Elections Biographical video of Countess Markievicz The General Election in Ireland What became of the Irish Parliamentary Par...

The 1951 General Election Campaign Video Collection

  • 29 Jan 2019

Clement Attlee fires the starting gun Clement Davies launches the Liberal campaign Churchill's Tory Message Labour Party Conference 1951 Conservative Party Election Broadcasts Labour Party Election Broadcasts   Polling Day ...