Great speeches in Parliament, 1978-2013

This extraordinary new book and separate CD box set collects the most important and inspirational parliamentary oratory from the last quarter of a century.

A great parliamentary speech goes beyond the confines of the Houses of Commons or Lords and acts as a beacon of our democracy.

Sometimes they make us laugh, sometimes cry, but they always make us think.

Included here are speeches from some of the most talented, articulate, grandiloquent, bombastic and committed politicians ever to grace the benches of both houses (and even the occasional Speaker).

Great Speeches includes bravura performances from Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, Tony Blair, John Smith, John Major, Neil Kinnock, Norman Lamont, Tony Banks, Michael Heseltine, Harold Wilson, Gerald Kaufman and Terry Dicks among many, many more.