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British Party Conferences and the Political Rhetoric of the 1990s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Dennis Kavanagh
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THERE ARE CERTAIN PREDICTABLE HIGH POINTS IN THE political calendar. Local elections, the Queen's speech and the Budget are pencilled in at each party's headquarters and the media devote acres of newsprint and hours of broadcasting time to each. Yet none of these compare in duration to the season of party conferences, which last for the best part of a month. For political commentators and activists they are the political equivalent of an Olympic games for sports fans and competitors.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 27 - 44
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1996

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