I have been alerted to the The British Political Speech web site "an online archive of British political speech and a place for the discussion, analysis, and critical appreciation of political rhetoric.". The site ultimately hopes to host every British political speech from 1895 to today. Having just visited, there is clearly have a long way to go. Churchill speeches (which lack proper references) are so far limited to 9 post-war speeches: http://www.britishpoliticalspeech.org/speech-archive.htm
The main aims of the project are: to provide an accessible resource for all those interested in the history, theory and practice of political speech and rhetoric in the United Kingdom to encourage, support and promote research into British political rhetoric, and to contribute to the better understanding, appreciation and practice of political argument to undertake research into British political rhetoric and argumentation, and demonstrate the importance of such research for the wider study of British Politics. Copyright attribution is stated as follows: "Copyright for the Conservative Party leaders’ speeches resides with the Conservative Party Archive Trust. Copyright for the Labour Party leaders’ speeches resides with the Labour Party. In all other cases, unless otherwise stated, copyright resides with the person or estate of those who delivered the speech." RHM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
