Thursday, 15 February 2018
921 House of Commons Live
First viewed : 21 November 1989
I watched a bit of this TV landmark. After years of prevarication the Commons eventually allowed in the cameras. The MP who got to make the first televised speech, the Tory bully boy Ian Gow, was ironically an ardent opponent of the idea. I remember it going off just as Paddy Ashdown was starting to speak, the other party managers having colluded in trying to stop the Liberal Democrats getting any airtime.
I've occasionally watched debates since but generally wait for the news summaries instead.
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