United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

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Authors: Various In Year : 1956

Book Language: English

Audiobook: United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

Speech on the Petition of Right, 1628
Speech against the Attainder of Strafford, 1641
Speech to Rump Parliament, 1653
Speech on reducing the army, 1731
Speech on House of Commons Reform, 1784
Speech on slavery, 1789
Speech on the Reform Act, 1831
Speech on the Reform Act, 1837
Speech on copyright, 1841
Speech on Irish Home Rule, 1886
Speech on a proposed Channel Tunnel, 1888
Speech on socialism, 1901
Speech on women's suffrage, 1905
Speech on The West Ham Guardians , 1927
Speech on the outbreak of war with Germany, 1939
We shall fight on the beaches, 1940
Speech on the Suez Crisis, 1956

This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including Oliver Cromwell, Edmund Burke, William Wilberforce, William Gladstone, Keir Hardie, Winston Churchill and Aneurin Bevan. (Summary by Carl Manchester)