I'm curious about the claim over women's rights. The Representation of the People Act 1918 was under a Liberal/Conservative coalition. The Primrose League (1883) was a Conservative group and the first to bring women into the political movement and the first women MP to take up her seat was a Conservative (Nancy Astor) and the fifth Reform Act (1928) that lowered the age of women voters to 21 was under a Conservative government. At least you didn't claim to have won the 1966 World Cup this time.
@footbetdotnet The claim over women's rights is due to the fact that the Labour Party was the only Political Party to publicly support womens' suffrage as a manifesto promise. They stood alongside suffrage societies. And plus, the first woman minister was appointed under Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Government.
They were referring to the defeat of the rise of Fascism within British society, which is associated with working class, Labour people in the East of London fighting back against the black shirts.
@brett18uk Sure, but it's a mistake to think working class == Labour Party. Communists and anarchists were also involved in the battle of Cable Street, and the Tories do have some support in working class communities.
My history from my fathers mothers father..the first Labour member of Rochester city council to be elected Mayor of Rochester....It would be an insult to defile his memory (and he was a great grand grandfather)
Labour deserves to win, but won't. Either way, give it a year or two and voters will be crwling back to Labour when they see the damage that the Tories will do.
@ToManyPhones we cant think like this.. we must remind Britain of their carnage .. WE are the fighters for Britain's future and we can't let anyone forget it!
So much achieved in so little time. This is a truly inspirational video and doesn't begin to show all of Labours achievements. Heres a few extra achievements to add to that long list; -DD act -Peace in Northern Ireland -Maternity leave and pay -Highest Child Benefits -Crime down by 1/3 -Shortest waiting times in the NHS -Guarantee of seeing a cancer specialist in 2 weeks -Record Results in Schools The list is continues and will still grow but only if we stand and fight VOTE LEFT VOTE LABOUR
What have the Torries done for us? Their only aim is to make money for a few. Labour wants to make the world a better place. We may have lost our way slightly over the years but we're still better than the Thatcherites.
My pride at this video knows no bounds and I came to read the comments expecting the usually mauling that we have been getting online recently but what I have read has made my heart swell and made me cry as much as the video did when I first saw it at Conference in Brighton.
Stand proud, be strong, Vote Labour because we have done and will do what is right.
This video really resonates with me, we must not forget the tremendous changes labour has made in the last 80 odd years. They've always been fighting for the common man, and even though there have been mistakes along the way, their heart is in the right place.
How can the tories dare to call themselves progressive? All they ever did was maintain the status quo.
Keep up the good work, we should all be proud of this movement.
Impressive Vid! I want an Iron Man in charge and thats Gordo! Not a bunch of chinless lisping fops like Cameron and his infant cabinet closet racists. Down with the Con-servatives!
O my, that was quite emotional! I am surprised, I didn't know what Labour stood for. I was going to vote Greens next year but I might reconsider and vote Labour now, at least it will be more effective against the Tory liars....
Labour should hang their heads in shame when watching this video. Workers rights? Don't make me laugh. Where were you when the CWU was on strike - oh I remember , telling us to get beck to work , that our working conditions were just fine , and that Royal Mail is a wonderful employer. You lost my vote when you invaded Iraq, you'll not get it back until you return to the old and proper workers values!
I am generally very skeptical of any politicians after watching Yes Prime Minister as a child, but Sure Start is actually a very very good thing. Research in America shows that $7 are saved for every $1 spent on this type of programme because of reduced anti-social behaviour further down the line. That also means obvious benefits for society, communities and the children themselves.
That being said, the only politician I would trust entirely would be Josiah Bartlett and he isn't running;)
After toppling apartheid, building the NHS, bringing peace to Northern Ireland and winning the second world war.. isn't it hard to stifle a giggle when Gordon Brown suddenly pops up @1.24 with... (drum roll)... Sure Start :-)
But I mock, GB is clearly a great man - just look! he walks with Barack Obama, at 2:12.
I'll tell you what I'm voting Conservative at the next election but what was so captivating about that was the fact it felt different to all the other videos and party political broadcasts then it hit me, it wasn't an attack video at last!
Though I do think its unfair to claim that New Labour got the Northern Ireland peace process, John Major had started that long before 1997.
I know a libdem voter who saw this and will vote labour now. Labour must get their act togerther, they have more to be proud of then ashamed of and showing this on mainstream tv would make sense. Tories can't recall the old days as they did nothing but disappoint
Ohhh does anyone know the name of the song in the background, it would be perfect for my grandads funeral nxt month. Plllllllllzzzz does anyone kno??
dave19issm 1 year ago
@dave19issm all love can be - james horner.
ToManyPhones 1 year ago
This makes that champagne socialist Ellie Gellard cry! Probably first time she has seen working class people in her life
chriscroc 1 year ago
@chriscroc better a champagne socialist than not a socialist at all.
cambari 1 year ago
I'm curious about the claim over women's rights. The Representation of the People Act 1918 was under a Liberal/Conservative coalition. The Primrose League (1883) was a Conservative group and the first to bring women into the political movement and the first women MP to take up her seat was a Conservative (Nancy Astor) and the fifth Reform Act (1928) that lowered the age of women voters to 21 was under a Conservative government. At least you didn't claim to have won the 1966 World Cup this time.
footbetdotnet 1 year ago
@footbetdotnet The claim over women's rights is due to the fact that the Labour Party was the only Political Party to publicly support womens' suffrage as a manifesto promise. They stood alongside suffrage societies. And plus, the first woman minister was appointed under Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Government.
GusPlayer94 1 year ago
i thought churchill defeated facism?
mbb05jb 2 years ago
In a national government with Labour. Though I think they were a bit self-righteously referring to Britain as "we" at that point.
saltandfinagar 2 years ago
They were referring to the defeat of the rise of Fascism within British society, which is associated with working class, Labour people in the East of London fighting back against the black shirts.
brett18uk 1 year ago
@brett18uk Sure, but it's a mistake to think working class == Labour Party. Communists and anarchists were also involved in the battle of Cable Street, and the Tories do have some support in working class communities.
pheseus 1 year ago
@mbb05jb nope
Loveborough 1 year ago
My history from my fathers mothers father..the first Labour member of Rochester city council to be elected Mayor of Rochester....It would be an insult to defile his memory (and he was a great grand grandfather)
polyathiest 2 years ago
Labour deserves to win, but won't. Either way, give it a year or two and voters will be crwling back to Labour when they see the damage that the Tories will do.
ToManyPhones 2 years ago
@ToManyPhones we cant think like this.. we must remind Britain of their carnage .. WE are the fighters for Britain's future and we can't let anyone forget it!
VOTE FOR YOUR FUTURE...VOTE LABOUR!!
abominableangel 2 years ago
NewLabour1 2 years ago
'We can win because we must'
What have the Torries done for us? Their only aim is to make money for a few. Labour wants to make the world a better place. We may have lost our way slightly over the years but we're still better than the Thatcherites.
wackyal3000 2 years ago
My pride at this video knows no bounds and I came to read the comments expecting the usually mauling that we have been getting online recently but what I have read has made my heart swell and made me cry as much as the video did when I first saw it at Conference in Brighton.
Stand proud, be strong, Vote Labour because we have done and will do what is right.
PumpkinClaire 2 years ago
This video really resonates with me, we must not forget the tremendous changes labour has made in the last 80 odd years. They've always been fighting for the common man, and even though there have been mistakes along the way, their heart is in the right place.
How can the tories dare to call themselves progressive? All they ever did was maintain the status quo.
Keep up the good work, we should all be proud of this movement.
nadoom 2 years ago
Impressive Vid! I want an Iron Man in charge and thats Gordo! Not a bunch of chinless lisping fops like Cameron and his infant cabinet closet racists. Down with the Con-servatives!
dave19issm 2 years ago
Got a tear in my eye after that.
GroucherMarx 2 years ago
O my, that was quite emotional! I am surprised, I didn't know what Labour stood for. I was going to vote Greens next year but I might reconsider and vote Labour now, at least it will be more effective against the Tory liars....
MultiAlison16 2 years ago
i watched this at the the LPC in Brightomn this year and was very impressed. It gave GB a standing ovation before he got started.
Louisesdad 2 years ago
Labour should hang their heads in shame when watching this video. Workers rights? Don't make me laugh. Where were you when the CWU was on strike - oh I remember , telling us to get beck to work , that our working conditions were just fine , and that Royal Mail is a wonderful employer. You lost my vote when you invaded Iraq, you'll not get it back until you return to the old and proper workers values!
robbo180265 2 years ago
I am generally very skeptical of any politicians after watching Yes Prime Minister as a child, but Sure Start is actually a very very good thing. Research in America shows that $7 are saved for every $1 spent on this type of programme because of reduced anti-social behaviour further down the line. That also means obvious benefits for society, communities and the children themselves.
That being said, the only politician I would trust entirely would be Josiah Bartlett and he isn't running;)
undertheblossomtree 2 years ago
Very good film. It should be advertised nationally.
joegare 2 years ago
It's gonna be! Today! 5:55pm on channel 2 or 6:55pm on channels 1 or 3 during a party political broadcast.
TaliaAkhtar 2 years ago
wow that's made me go all tingly the fight is on....
weezegee 2 years ago
Proud Proud Proud.
CharlieFromLondon 2 years ago
Its the fighters and believers who change our world, vote labour at the general election if you care about people.
hoopy148 2 years ago
Its the fighters and believers that change our world - vote labour, if you care about this country.
hoopy148 2 years ago
We need more of this type of video over the next few months.
There's so many more things the Tories would never have done that are now taken for granted by people as having always existed.
Childcare vouchers, tax credits, civil partnerships etc etc
garethheal 2 years ago
After toppling apartheid, building the NHS, bringing peace to Northern Ireland and winning the second world war.. isn't it hard to stifle a giggle when Gordon Brown suddenly pops up @1.24 with... (drum roll)... Sure Start :-)
But I mock, GB is clearly a great man - just look! he walks with Barack Obama, at 2:12.
botogol 2 years ago
This video makes me prouder to vote Labour.
jg5912 2 years ago
I'll tell you what I'm voting Conservative at the next election but what was so captivating about that was the fact it felt different to all the other videos and party political broadcasts then it hit me, it wasn't an attack video at last!
Though I do think its unfair to claim that New Labour got the Northern Ireland peace process, John Major had started that long before 1997.
phil4077 2 years ago
I totally agree, it's nice to see praise instead of bickering
dogsbodyorg 2 years ago
A brilliant video
VOTE LEFT
VOTE LABOUR
If we fight we can win
NewLabour1 2 years ago
Labour til I die.
benofclifton 2 years ago
I know a libdem voter who saw this and will vote labour now. Labour must get their act togerther, they have more to be proud of then ashamed of and showing this on mainstream tv would make sense. Tories can't recall the old days as they did nothing but disappoint
MrPudge18 2 years ago
Can you imagine a Tory version? "We... ruined... EVERYTHING. Look... higher unemployment in the 80s and 90s than now."
ToManyPhones 2 years ago
:-D
Mattytc10 2 years ago
Good video, But I'm still voting Tory.
xpoc 2 years ago
I wish I was old enough to vote next year, i'll be 16. I think i'll volunteer for the campaign though. :)
ToManyPhones 2 years ago
Thats why i vote labour
lowestoftbus 2 years ago
we must win!! COME ON LABOUR!
GusPlayer94 2 years ago
This is a very good advert.
Wien1938 2 years ago
That's really, really good!
ricjgreen 2 years ago
The next election must be and will be won against the odds.
ToManyPhones 2 years ago
proud to be labour
francisegleton 2 years ago