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WHAT HAPPENED ON 30th September 2003?
29th September 2003
CONFERENCE DEMO OVER MANUFACTURING JOBS
Thousands of workers from around the UK have protested outside the Labour Party conference to demand help to halt manufacturing job losses. The protesters numbered 2 500 to represent what they said was the number of manufacturing jobs lost each week. Workers from firms such as Rolls Royce Rover Shell BAE Systems & Alstom joined the protest in Bournemouth. Amicus union general secretary Derek Simpson said the Government "must act now if manufacturing is to survive".
30th September 2003
PM CALLS FOR SUPPORT AT "TESTING TIME"
Tony Blair has urged his party not to "give up" but to back him for a third term at this "testing time". After six-and-a-half years in power Labour was poised to move forward to renewal he told his party conference. But the Prime Minister pledged to listen to his party saying he knew the "old top down approach would not work any more " he said in Bournemouth. However he warned that without unity Labour would be defeated & faced a long period of Tory Government.
30th September 2003
BLAIR SLAMS FOUNDATION HOSPITAL CRITICS
Critics of Government plans for foundation hospitals are like those who opposed the founding of the NHS Tony Blair told his party's conference. Change was necessary "not to level down but to level up" he said ` backing plans to give more commercial freedom to hospitals. Giving patients more choice "is not a betrayal of our principles it is our principles " Mr Blair said. A call for the entire project to be scrapped will be debated on Wednesday
29th September 2003
What People were saying on
"It's difficult for those of us who've never experienced extreme popularity not to feel a thrill of schadenfreude when we contemplate Teflon Tony's face covered with burnt egg."
"A lot of politicians seem glad even if you've done them as a gob of phlegm ` it means they've arrived."
"You can be odd & different & wrong and it's exhilarating."
30th September 2003
PM CALLS FOR SUPPORT AT "TESTING TIME"
Tony Blair has urged his party not to "give up" but to back him for a third term at this "testing time". After six-and-a-half years in power Labour was poised to move forward to renewal he told his party conference. But the Prime Minister pledged to listen to his party saying he knew the "old top down approach would not work any more " he said in Bournemouth. However he warned that without unity Labour would be defeated & faced a long period of Tory Government.
30th September 2003
PM DEFENDS IRAQ WAR MOVE AT CONFERENCE
The Prime Minister has defended his decision to take the country to war insisting that Britain had not been acting as "America's poodle". "Iraq has divided the international community it has divided the party the country families friends " he told his party's Bournemouth conference But those who disagreed needed to understand why he went to war & why he would do so again Mr Blair insisted Britain was acting against threats to global security he said.
29th September 2003
What People were saying on
"If they had a vote now among the membership he'd be lucky to get nominated let alone elected."
"He scares the pants off our opponents."
"We are sharing custody of the dogs."
"I was brought up a CofE middle-class Tory boy in other words boring."
30th September 2003
PM CALLS FOR SUPPORT AT "TESTING TIME"
Tony Blair has urged his party not to "give up" but to back him for a third term at this "testing time". After six-and-a-half years in power Labour was poised to move forward to renewal he told his party conference. But the Prime Minister pledged to listen to his party saying he knew the "old top down approach would not work any more " he said in Bournemouth. However he warned that without unity Labour would be defeated & faced a long period of Tory Government.
30th September 2003
BLAIR DEFENDS STUDENT TOP-UP FEE PLANS
Tony Blair has defended plans to impose top-up fees by some universities saying expansion of higher education would not be funded by general taxation Speaking at Labour's Bournemouth conference he refused to back down despite the threat of backbench revolt. He said the funding was needed to ensure Britain developed the skills to compete in the hi-tech global economy. Education Secretary Charles Clarke earlier called top-up fees "the fairest way" of funding university courses.
29th September 2003
What People were saying on
"If they had a vote now among the membership he'd be lucky to get nominated let alone elected."
"He scares the pants off our opponents."
"We are sharing custody of the dogs."
"I was brought up a CofE middle-class Tory boy in other words boring."
30th September 2003
PM CALLS FOR SUPPORT AT "TESTING TIME"
Tony Blair has urged his party not to "give up" but to back him for a third term at this "testing time". After six-and-a-half years in power Labour was poised to move forward to renewal he told his party conference. But the Prime Minister pledged to listen to his party saying he knew the "old top down approach would not work any more " he said in Bournemouth. However he warned that without unity Labour would be defeated & faced a long period of Tory Government.
30th September 2003
What People were saying on
"Only firm evidence that high heels cause lung cancer would stop me wearing them."
"Judiciously worn stilettos are remarkably effective in commanding extra help with household chores."
"I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I will know how it turned out."
