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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 3

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This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 10 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1601 and 1960. Readings are of speeches originally given by Queens Elizabeth I and Victoria, and by parliamentarians Edmund Burke, Herbert Asquith, Winston Churchill, Barbara Castle, Margaret Thatcher and Michael Foot. (Summary by Ruth Golding) (3 hr 48 min)

Chapters

Farewell Speech

7:08

Read by Rhonda Federman

Speech on conciliation with America, 1775 (part 1)

1:11:37

Read by cottonwoodhead

Speech on conciliation with America, 1775 (part 2)

1:02:22

Read by cottonwoodhead

Addressing the House of Commons, Meeting of Parliament, 1849

4:46

Read by Snapdragon

Speech at the outset of the First World War, 1914

22:54

Read by Daniel Vimont

Speech on the Abdication of King Edward the VIII, House of Commons, 1936

5:15

Read by Snapdragon

First speech as Prime Minister, 1940 'Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat'

6:12

Read by Daniel Vimont

Speech on Korea

22:38

Read by Cori Samuel

Speech on Attendance at Council Meetings

18:59

Read by Cori Samuel

Speech on Nuclear Weapons

6:58

Read by Jason Mills