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Mar 11, 2016 · Wilson’s speech to Scarborough captured not merely the spirit of the moment, but the spirit of the future. Not merely 1963 but the 1960s. Not the world that was passing, but the world that was coming.
- The Two Wilsons
Harold Wilson harnessed the ‘white heat of the technological...
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Sixty years ago, on 1 Oct 1963, the then Labour party leader, Harold Wilson, delivered his famous ‘white heat’ speech at the Labour party conference in Scarborough. In this speech he outlined the party’s plans to harness a ‘scientific revolution’...
Speech Archive. Leader's speech, Brighton 1964. Harold Wilson (Labour) Location: Brighton. Commentary: This conference was the first since Labour won the general election of October 1964 with a majority of three.
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His speech at the conference, famously referred to as the 'white heat of technology' speech, has been described as "one of the most memorable political speeches of the 20th century". The full text of the speech is available online .
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Oct 1, 2013 · Fifty years ago today Harold Wilson made the famous white heat of technology speech, one of the most recognisable of Labour straplines, but less remembered for its content – the actual speech was called ‘Labour’s Plan for Science’ and the phrase ‘white heat’ is used only once.
The ‘white heat’ speech. When presenting the policy document ‘Labour and the Scientific Revolution’ at Labour’s annual conference in October 1963, Wilson talked an anti-nostalgic discourse of modernity and change.
