Dame Vanessa Redgrave standing as Workers Revolutionary Candidate in Newham October 1974

 

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"Worth watching Vanessa Redgrave’s dramatic speech at the result of the count for the Newham North East constituency in the October 1974 general election.

Labour’s candidate Reg Prentice, was re-elected as MP but became the highest ranking Labour defector to the Conservatives…"