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Interview with Caroline Spelman MP and Jack Dromey MP - Preventing a no-deal Brexit
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/63
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Date : - 2019-01-09 (creation)
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Description : - Sones discusses attempts by MPs to ensure that the UK will not leave the European Union with a no-deal. Over 220 MPs signed a letter trying to guarantee this. The no-deal letter was started by neighbouring Midlands MPs from opposite sides of the party divide, Dame Caroline Spelman, Conservative MP for Meriden and Jack Dromey, Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington who both said jobs had already been lost in their constituencies. Dromey tells Sones that MPs have to remain focused to do everything to get a deal and ensure that the economy. Spelman supports Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement.
Interview with Professor David Howarth, University of Cambridge and former MP on why Alexander 'Boris' Johnson 'should have already gone'
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Reference Code : - SOBA 2/16
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Date : - 2019-09-17 (creation)
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Description : - Sones asks Howarth about the prorogation of Parliament and a ruling in Scotland. Howarth discusses the importance of the decisions and what prorogation means. Howarth goes onto to discuss the relationship between the House of Commons, The Prime Minister and The Queen. Howarth discusses the relationship between the Police, Courts and the Government and the potential impacts of the breaking down of the rule of Law.
Interview with Meg Hillier, Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch and Chair of the Public Accounts Committee. Hillier was knocked out in the first round of voting for the new Speaker of the House of Commons
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Reference Code : - SOBA 2/25
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Date : - 2019-11-14 (creation)
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Description : - Hillier stood for Speaker of the House, Hillier expands on why and Sones is curious as to why many recommendations in reference to bullying in Parliament have not been implemented as of yet. Hillier thinks MPs need better Human Resources advice and trained office managers, many MPs rush into the role without any experience once they get into Parliament. Hillier says that when there is an issue with an MP, it is often the staff member who gets removed from their role. Hillier thinks that Parliament has been modernised under John Bercow's speakership but that there is a long way to go where bullying is concerned. Sones asks whether Parliament has done its job in recent years, she believes so as it kept the Executive in check, but that it was a difficult system to operate in. However, Hillier does believe that there have been many things that have not gone through Parliament as there is no majority either way.
Thursday: The Cambridge European Elections and Vox Pops
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Reference Code : - SOBA 2/6
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Date : - 2019-05-27 (creation)
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Description : - The event is being recorded live from St Mary's Church for the Election Hustings - candidates include the Brexit Party (Edmund Fordham), Change UK (Neil Carmichael), Greens (Catherine Rowett), Labour (Alvin Shum), Conservatives (Tom McLeren), Liberal Democrats (Lucy Nethsingha) and UKIP (Stuart Agnew). Each candidate talks through why they should be the choice for Cambridge. Sones then speaks to some attendees after the event.
Theresa May MP, Shadow Leader of the House and Shadow Minister for Women, on debate in the Chamber
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/14
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Description : - From the 'Head to Heads' section
Caroline Spelman MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party on Stalking
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/15
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Description : - From the 'Head to Heads' section
Lorely Burt MP Flexible working practices
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/13
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Description : - From the 'Head to Heads' section
Eleanor Laing: Women Supporting Women
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/17
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Description : - From the 'Features' section
Barbara Gorna on Emily Wilding Davison
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/16
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Description : - From the 'Features' section
Chris Bryant MP, on Women Bishops
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/29
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Description : - From the 'Head to Heads' section
Audio tape of Phyllis Willmott's interviews with Michael Young about his early life, 1933-53
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Reference Code : - YUNG 10/6/6
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Date : - 2001 (creation)
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Description : -
Side 1: Michael Young moving to London and living at Toynbee Hall in the East End; working at McKenna and Co, Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst's firm of solicitors in the City, presided over by Fred Gwatkin; moving on his own to a rented flat in Bloomsbury; membership of the Holborn branch of the Labour Party and standing as a candidate for the Council in Holborn and St Pancras; moving in with his mother, Edith Young, in Bloomsbury; studying for the Bar at Gray's Inn; taking an evening course at the LSE and then switching to study Economics, Politics, Social History and Law full-time there; being elected Secretary of the LSE Students' Union; going to anti-Fascist demonstrations in London with his mother, Edith, during the Spanish Civil War; his first girlfriends; travelling around on his motorbike and visiting Dartington; his continuing relationship with Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst; qualifying as a barrister; working on a plan for wartime manpower policy for Max Nicholson at PEP (Political and Economic Planning); recruitment by Lord Perth to a Civil Service unit making preparations for wartime and the withdrawal of the offer because he had been identified by MI5 as a student Communist; joining PEP as a research officer instead; the post-war reconstruction group set up by Max Nicholson and their discussions of future plans for Europe. Duration; 47:04 minutes. Recorded on 29 May 2001.
Side 2: working at PEP on post-war reconstruction on the domestic front and how to pay for the war (pamphlet titled "Financial Mysticism"); meeting John Maynard Keynes to talk about the latter; his report on preparation for the emergency response to the bombing of London (pamphlet titled "London Under Bombing"); leaving PEP to work in a marine munitions factory in Swindon; joining the Home Guard and training with Tom Winteringham at Osterley Park; becoming the labour manager for the munitions factory, recruiting women workers, liaising with the trade unions, distributing the petrol ration, and progress chasing orders supplied to shipyards around the country; boarding with the Palphramand family in Swindon; meeting Joan Lawson, who later became his first wife; returning to PEP as director; moving to head the Labour Party Research Department at Transport House; the 1945 General Election campaign; Peter Willmott's letter about "Small Man, Big World", meeting each other, and recruiting him to the Research Department; the 1950 and 1951 General Elections; Michael Young's idea for a consumer advice service; his world tour to India, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and a narrow escape from a plane crash; his lifelong friendship and working relationship with Peter and Phyllis Willmott; leaving the Research Department and spending time at the Tavistock Institute; starting a PhD on the extended family in Bethnal Green supervised by Richard Titmuss and based at Oxford House. Duration: 36:34 minutes. Recorded on 10 July 2001?
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Collection : - The Papers of Michael Young
Oral History: Dave Hale
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/39
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Date : - 2016-10-28 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: coming to Churchill; first impressions of the College and changes in role; groundsmens' compound; Albert Richmond; Doug Ashman; grounds and gardens equipment; sports and use of the fields; Checkpoint Charlie; amber path; John Moore; Rex Thorpe and Andrew Tristram; best memories. Staff mentioned include Len Martin and Roy Brown
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Lee Gawthrop
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/40
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Date : - 2016-10-28 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: Getting the job in the Catering Dept, working in the kitchens and first impressions; transferring to the Grounds & Gardens Dept; gardening areas and jobs; the Orchid House; growing herbs for the kitchens; the working garden for students; Sheppard Flats and private areas; WRAGS Scheme; Julia Boyd and social attitudes to staff. Staff mentioned include Julie Anderson, Steve Gallagher, Martin Hayden, Joe Filigno, Albert Richmond, John Moore, Michael Westmore, Richard Mee and Katharine Banarse
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Sir John Peck
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Reference Code : - CHOH 1/PECK
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Date : - 1986 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Sir John Peck, former Private Secretary to Winston Churchill (1940-45).
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Collection : - Churchill Oral History
Oral History: Dr Frank Maine
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/30/7
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Date : - 2016-05-06 (creation)
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Sid Brown, Chief Maintenance Engineer
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/17
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Date : - 2012 (creation)
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Description : - Transcript and digital recording of interview with Sid Brown, Chief Maintenance Engineer 1962-1989. Includes: early days of the College; recruitment of maintenance staff; family atmosphere; recollections of Denys Armstrong; his job interview; Sir William Hawthorne; early staff; George Steiner; advised Robinson College when setting up College; introduction of bonus changed atmosphere; Major-General Hamilton; Sir John Cockcroft’s funeral; opening of Wolfson Hall. Includes some comments from Alan Lampard.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Graham Thomas
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/30/1/2
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Date : - 2016-03-09 (creation)
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Peter Clarke
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/30/1/3
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Date : - 2016-03-22 (creation)
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Norman Villis
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/54
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Date : - 2018-08-09 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: The Churchill Oak; Apple Trees in front of Master’s Lodge; Churchill Mulberry; Metasequoia glyptostroboides; Student Gardeners; John Gilmour and the development of the University Botanic Garden; Bob Younger and the Rock Garden (Cambridge Botanics); Early Career; Change in Churchill landscape; Search for Geranium ‘Winston Churchill’.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
2nd Roskill Memorial Lecture
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Reference Code : - CCRF/118/1/3
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Date : - 1987-02-18 (creation)
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Description : -
Given by Sir Michael Howard.
Including correspondence with Sir Michael Howard and with guests; an audio recording and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; a menu; a ticket; a press release; a guest list; press cuttings; thank you letters and a table plan.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Evan Davies
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Reference Code : - CHOH 1/EDVS
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Date : - 1986 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Evan Morydd "Bish" Davies, former Detective Sergeant with the Special Branch, on his personal reminiscences of Churchill, 1948-50.
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Collection : - Churchill Oral History
Patrick Kinna
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Reference Code : - CHOH 1/PKNN
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Date : - 1986 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Patrick Kinna, former confidential assistant to Winston Churchill, (1941-45).
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Collection : - Churchill Oral History
Jane, Lady Williams
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Reference Code : - CHOH 1/WLMS
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Date : - 1986 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Lady Williams [earlier Jane Portal], former personal secretary to Winston Churchill (1949-55).
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Collection : - Churchill Oral History
Cambridge Mayor; City Council's Electoral Services Manager; and Council CEO
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/1/1
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Date : - 2015-3-31 (creation)
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Description : - As described by the depositor: On the March 31st 2015 Vicky and her team received the Writ from the Queen to say a General Election will be held. Cambridge Mayor, Councillor Gerri Bird, was there at the Guildhall in the Market Square to receive it as she is the Returning Officer. The City Council’s CEO, Antoinette Jackson, is the Acting Returning Officer who is responsible for running the General Election. There are 80000 voters in Cambridge, quite a task for the team. Voters have to register up to 12 days before the Election, and candidates need to put their names forward by 9th April. We began by speaking to Councillor Bird, as she signed for receipt of the Parliamentary Writ.
Labour Campaign team workers
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/1/19
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Date : - 2015-5-4 (creation)
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Description : - Includes interview with activist and volunteer Paul McHugh. As described by the depositor: Paul told us: “If people say in the morning of the vote they will be out and they haven’t been in the evening we will go and talk to them again. People have been phoning up for rosettes. We are concentrating on polling day on getting the vote out. Later tonight we will get Daniel to do some more phone canvassing with us, we will phone up all the Labour party members who have not offered to help us, the inactive members and remind them there is an election.”