In this episode Will looks at Hugh Gaitskell's famous 1962 Labour Party Conference speech, the "A Thousand Years of History" speech and attempts to uncover what made Gaitskell write the speech and how it was influenced by his past and his political career.

The next episode will focus on Gordon Brown's 2009 "New Labour Achievements" speech and will be out soon.

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