Opposition Studies

Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband's keynote speech to the Party Conference 2010. Find out more at www.labour.org.uk Ed Miliband, Labour Party ...

Neil Kinnock pays tribute to the late Michael Foot at the Labour Party Conference 2010 in Manchester. For more information visit www.labour.org.uk

Michael Foot has died aged 96.  (video.news.sky.com )

Politicians, retired and serving, have paid their respects following the death of Michael Foot. (From ITN)

This short film pays tribute to those British politicians who have faced the tough job of leading a political party in opposition. Starting after World War Two, it features Labour leaders from Clement Attlee to Tony Blair, Conservatives from Churchill to Cameron, plus Liberals, SDP and Liberal Democrat leaders from Jo Grimond to Nick Clegg. These men - and two women - had mixed fortunes at the hands of the electorate (and their own parties), but whether they achieved power or not, the job they did was vital to our democracy. We salute them.

Churchill speaks at the Conservative Party Conference at Brighton in 1947. Raw footage from Pathe News.

Raw footage from Pathe News of Churchill's speech at Wolverhampton in 1949 - soundtrack is intermittent, but contains large section of the speech,setting out Conservative policy for the forthcoming election.

An historic montage of 'progressive conservative' achievements of Conservative Leaders throughout history.  Produced by the Conservatives, 28th August 2009

David Cameron's regular press conference, in which he discusses reform of MPs' allowances.

David Cameron promises "responsible Opposition" during the economic crisis, but no blank cheque for the Government.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph's Will Lewis and Andy Porter in December 2008, David Cameron talks about pensioners being the 'forgotten victims' of the recession. Mr Cameron also talks about economic strategy, public spending priorities, his broken society agenda and his shadow team

Former Leader of the Opposition William Hague describes his approach to Prime Minister's Questions