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Interview with Shadow Whip Thangam Debbonaire MP on Parliament's Brexit chaos
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/68/5
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Date : - 2019-03-14 (creation)
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Description : - Debbonaire is the Labour MP for Bristol West, a shadow whip for her party with a special interest in DEFRA, the Environmental Food and Rural Affairs. During this week, Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement had suffered another defeat - by one-hundred-and-forty-nine votes, and a day later, MPs ruled out a no-deal by a majority of forty-three. In all, thirteen government and cabinet ministers abstained on that vote to defy their own Prime Minister and whip while one minister resigned and voted for it. The pair also discuss the new Independent Group of break-away MPs, Philip Hammond's new money for Leave Towns and how she's campaigning for more education funding for schools. Debbonaire believes that Article 50 would have to be extended and that there should be another referendum.
Interview with Baroness Anne Jenkin, a co-founder of 'Women to Win' and on the abuse of MPs
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Reference Code : - SOBA 2/19
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Date : - 2019-10-08 (creation)
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Description : - Sones speaks about Prime Minister Johnson's response to a Labour MP raising the abuse she has experienced as an MP by reply to her by saying 'it was humbug', Sones notes that even The Spectator was shocked by Alexander 'Boris' Johnson's rhetoric. Sones and Jenkin discuss the language and rhetoric used in the House of Commons in 2019, Jenkin does not believe the behaviour will improve before Brexit comes to an end. Sones speaks about words such as 'surrender' and 'betrayal' and asks Jenkin about whether the Party has become more 'blokeish'. Jenkin believes it is too early to tell, but less women are coming forward for selection. The pair discuss why there are less women coming forward and joining the Conservative Party.
Interview with Nicky Morgan MP, Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport steps down but encourages other women to stand
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Reference Code : - SOBA 2/24
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Date : - 2019-11-05 (creation)
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Description : - Sones speaks to Morgan on one of her last days in the House of Commons and asks why she's standing down. Morgan cites personal and family reasons as being in politics impacts everyone around you. Morgan speaks about 'Super Saturday', a series of votes on the Prime Minister's 'deal', Morgan decided to head back home and was instructed to sit at the front of the train because of the amount of 'remainers' on the train and the fear instilled in MPs after the murder of Jo Cox MP. Sones and Morgan discuss the impact of threats and abuse, and the particular impact and targeting of female MPs. Sones asks about Morgan's position on Brexit as someone who campaigned as a 'remainer' in 2016, Morgan does not think that Parliament has compromised enough on Brexit. Sones asks about how much Parliament has changed, Morgan thinks it has and will continue to regarding communications, scrutiny and equality. Sones asks about austerity, Morgan disagrees with the term and prefers 'government living within its means', she cites figures on unemployment and infrastructure.
Interview with Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP for Washington and Sunderland West and Shadow Minister for Public Health on voting down the new Brexit Bill in a Leave voting constituency
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Reference Code : - SOBA 2/23
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Date : - 2019-11-05 (creation)
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Description : - Sones asks about the Prime Minister's new Brexit Bill, Hodgson voted against the Reading and Programme because the Government tried to get it through Parliament without scrutiny. Hodgson believes the 'deal' was worse than the one that Theresa May brought to Parliament. Sones asks if it was difficult as Hodgson represents a 'leave voting' constituency, but Hodgson wants to vote for a deal that benefits her constituents whereas those offered to date simply try to appease the European Research Group and Democratic Unionist Party. Hodgson did not vote or support Theresa May's deal because it did not support workers' rights, but was satisfied with the 'backstop'. Hodgson and Sones discuss the makeup of a possible election and discuss The Conservatives possibly winning in the North of England.
Interview with Baroness Julie Smith and the Liberal Democrat Surge
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Reference Code : - SOBA 2/7/1
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Date : - 2019-05-27 (creation)
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Description : - Smith talks to Women's Parliamentary Radio about the European Election Results which came the previous night. Smith is pleased with the results and thinks it was clear that those who would not usually vote Liberal Democrat did in this election on the basis of Brexit. Sones asks about the extent of the Liberal Democrat surge, Smith thinks that slogans such as 'bollocks to Brexit' and 'Stop Brexit' were ways of 'fighting fire with fire' against the Brexit Party. Whilst there was some Labour Candidates who were for Brexit, the party message was mixed according to Smith. Sones asks about Theresa May and the Conservative Leadership and the fact that 'Remain' parties got the most votes in the European election. Smith think there is a majority in 'remain' versus 'hard Brexit'.
John Bercow MP on genocide
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/22
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Description : - From the 'International' section
ERS Round Table
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/30
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Description : - ERS here is Electoral Reform Society. From the 'Features' section.
Diary of Operation "Bracelet", the Middle East & Moscow
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Reference Code : - JACB 1/16
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Date : - 1942-08 (creation)
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Description : - Typescript and illustrated.
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Collection : - The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob
Transcript of interview: Heather Thomsett
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Reference Code : - DOHP 240
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Date : - 2024 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Heather Thomsett (née Auchterlonie), on her work in the Foreign Secretary's Private Office from 1943 to 1947, on subjects including: the Foreign Office during wartime; working with [Robert] Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary [later 1st Lord Avon] and others such as Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs], 1st Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] and Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary; the Yalta Conference, 1945; the San Francisco Conference [on the United Nations], 1945.
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Letters from William Malkin to his parents-in-law
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Reference Code : - MALK 1/3
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Date : - 1918-12-1920-05 (creation)
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Collection : - The Papers of William and Margaret Malkin
Transcript of interview: Robert Gordon
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Reference Code : - DOHP 211
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Date : - 2021-2022 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Dame Audrey Glover
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Reference Code : - DOHP 204
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Date : - 2021 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Memoir (in place of interview): Sir Colin Imray
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Reference Code : - DOHP 54
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Date : - 2002 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: John Hickman
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Reference Code : - DOHP 1
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Date : - 1995 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
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Reference Code : - DOHP 98
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Date : - 2004 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sir Paul Lever
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Reference Code : - DOHP 135
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Date : - 2011 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Sheila Lyall Grant
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Reference Code : - DOHP 216
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Date : - 2022 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Transcript of interview: Lord McDonald of Salford
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Reference Code : - DOHP 199
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Date : - 2021 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Memoir: Warwick Morris
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Reference Code : - DOHP 194
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Date : - 2009-2020 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Patrick Kinna
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Reference Code : - CHOH 2/PKNN
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Date : - 1986 (creation)
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Description : - Synopsis of interview with Patrick Kinna
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Collection : - Churchill Oral History
Marian Spicer
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Reference Code : - CHOH 2/SPCR
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Date : - 1986 (creation)
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Description : - A copy of Marian Holmes's diary 1943-45
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Collection : - Churchill Oral History
Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston
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Reference Code : - CSCT 1/7
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Date : - 1913 (creation)
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Description : - Subjects include: a speech by David Lloyd-George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on land reform, Oct 1913, the reaction of Churchill's cousin Sunny [9th Duke of Marlborough] and a naval proposal by Churchill; Jack Mitford's engagement to a German heiress; Clementine's appeal to Churchill not to fly any more; hunting; her love for him.
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Collection : - The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Album of photographs and other mementoes
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Reference Code : - CSCT 5/6
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Date : - 1944-1948 (creation)
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Collection : - The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Letters from Clementine Churchill to Sarah Churchill
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Reference Code : - SCHL 1/2/1
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Date : - 1941-1945, 1941-5 (creation)
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Description : -
Comprising letters written from 10 Downing Street, about Sarah Churchill's appearance in J. M. Barrie's play "Mary Rose", 2 July 1941 (1), enclosing a letter from Lady Cynthia Asquith, 1 July 1941(1); from Himley Hall in Dudley, during a visit to Lord Dudley, November 1941 (2); from 10 Downing Street, reminding Sarah Churchill of her promise to help on Flag Day, 28 July 1943 (1); from Quebec in Canada, during the Quebec Conference, 22 August 1943 (1); from 10 Downing Street, about Mary Churchill, 29 November 1943 (1); from Chequers, partly about a visit from John Gilbert Winant, 12 December 1943 (1); from 10 Downing Street, January-July 1944 (3); from 10 Downing Street, partly about Randolph Churchill, February 1945 (2); from Cairo in Egypt, en route to the Soviet Union, 29 March 1945 (1); from 10 Downing Street, 12 June 1945 (1); from Chartwell, about Mary Churchill's return, 12 September 1945 (1), and from 67 Westminster Gardens in London, [1945] (1).
With a letter and a typescript diary letter about the journey to Canada, the Second Quebec Conference, and Winston and Clementine Churchill's visit to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's home at Hyde Park, New York in the United States, 6-18 September 1944; a typescript copy of a letter from Clementine Churchill to Winston Churchill, from the Soviet Union, undated [April-May 1945]; and a telegram from Winston Churchill, undated [1945].
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill