Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Edward Grigg [Governor of Kenya, later 1st Lord Altrincham] on the report of the commission on East African Closer Union, particularly probable attempts to use the report as an excuse for inactivity and trying to avoid attacks on party lines from the opposition, and also the Government's refusal to use expert advice (2); Stephen Gaselee, Foreign Office; Sir Geoffrey Archer; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on subjects including granting Sir Hamar Greenwood a...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Ian Henderson, Foreign Office; Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre] on subjects including his Indian divisions (4); 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood (2); Victor Altmann (3); [Robert] Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]; 3rd Lord Selborne [Minister of Economic Warfare, earlier Lord Wolmer]; Sir William Croft [Chief Civil Assistant to Minister of State in Cairo, Egypt]; Walter Amstutz on republishing Winston...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Frank Aydelotte, American Secretary to Rhodes Trustees (2); Jacques Bardoux (2); Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter on his resignation as Chairman of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; Ivor Brown; Andrew Burn (2); Sir Montague Burton; R A Butler [Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Advisory Committee on Policy] thanking LSA for his praise of the Conservative Manifesto; Mary Carnegie [earlier Mary Chamberlain]; Violet Carruthers [Violet Markham] (2); Richard Casey,...

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The Centre for Electoral Choice co-ordinated tactical voting in general elections.
Known as the Rainbow Circle, 1984-7.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection held at Churchill Archives Centre includes correspondence (including general, official, political, constituency, parliamentary and family correspondence); speeches; Liberal Organisation and Scottish Liberal organisation and Federation material; press cuttings; business papers; and Scottish Office, Scottish Board of Health and Secretary of State for Scotland material. For the most part, the collection is made up of constituency, parliamentary and Liberal party...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...

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Cuttings of WSC’s speeches as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; photos of WSC’s Polo-playing and WSC at Manchester Garden party; articles on WSC’s African Tour, General Election and WSC as President of Board of Trade.

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Cuttings of WSC’s speeches in Manchester, cartoons and articles on the coal crisis, on WSC’s election defeat and Dundee seat [Scotland].

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Cartoons and photos of WSC as Home Secretary, on Clause Four, electoral reform, crime; articles of WSC’s speeches on reform of House of Lords, Aliens Act, Navy, Home Rule.

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Cuttings and cartoons on WSC’s speeches as Independent Anti-socialist candidate for Abbey division of Westminster [London]; cartoons from Russian newspaper.

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Photos and cartoons of WSC and General Election, economy, Russia, income tax, war reparations.

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Includes newspaper index.
Cuttings and Cartoons on WSC’s budget and the speculation surrounding it: rating relief; new sinking fund; tax withdrawn on paraffin; tax on petrol and full compensation for the Irish loyalists.

Political: speculation about WSC as future Premier; election date debate; WSC criticises socialism; unionism and foreign relations (war debts).

Scope and Contents Career: Randolph Churchill contests the Wavertree [Liverpool] by-election and is defeated; WSC reconciled with government; WSC returned to parliament but not the Cabinet; reviews of WSC’s "Marlborough". Domestic Policy: Annual meeting (1933) of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations - Discussion of slum campaign, Imperial defence and reform policy; WSC supports the need for home grown food stuffs. Foreign Policy; WSC leads opposition to the...

Scope and Contents Economic affairs: Budget speculation intensifies as the General Election approaches, in particular concerning taxation; controversy over the issue of Irish loyalist compensation; the rejection, by the new Socialist administration, of unsatisfactory reparations offers. Foreign Policy: Trouble in Palestine; unease in Europe, especially concerning the ‘Danzig corridor’; WSC protests against the government’s policy towards India, highlighting his disapproval by refusing to involve...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) for the debate on the address, on subjects including: the forthcoming royal tour of the Commonwealth and Empire; the timing of the next General Election and the general length of Parliaments; constructive and non-partisan politics; housing policy, including new building and repair of existing property; reducing restrictions and controls on agriculture, increasing food production and retaining food subsidies; changes in the international...

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Photo of WSC and CSC at the entrance to St Barnabas School, Woodford Green at the announcement of the election results [1951 General Election]. A crowd, including several photographers on step ladders, surrounds the entrance.

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Collection of pamphlets, public opinion survey data, and campaigning literature relating to the Democratic Party (United States of America), including a copy of the Democratic National Committee's 'Campaign Communications Handbook' (n.d.) with annotations.

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Account of the campaign in Pontypool [Monmouthshire, Wales] when McKenna lost his seat.

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Speeches by Sked and by JEP in support of Sked [candidate for the United Kingdom Independence Party]. [JEP's speech is on side 2].

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Material from Michael Dukakis's Democratic campaign for the American presidential elections, including: New Era; Leadership: 60; Funny; Say It; Steve; Failed; Crunch; Oval Office; Slash; Counterpunch; I’ll be Damned; Bush Spots: The Future; The Mission; Boston Harbor; Revolving.

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? Duplicate of 26/1/128.

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Unfortunately few political papers or correspondence exist, and the most valuable section is Horsbrugh's own collection of presscuttings, HSBR 2.

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's election address (Home Park Football Ground, Plymouth [Devon]) on subjects including: the nation's improvement in health being due to science, not socialism; the disunity of the Labour Party and unity of the Conservatives, particularly between WSC and Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; the harm done to relations with the United States by the Government; accusations that WSC and the Conservatives are war-mongers, and WSC's own hopes of helping to prevent a Third World...

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Photo shows WSC, wearing hat and overcoat with astrakhan collar and cuffs, leaning out of an open-topped car to shake hands with women in the crowd.