The Conservative Party in Blackpool: Few murmurs of dissent reach ministers at the front as the stage-managed speeches flow
Representatives at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool listen to a speech by John MacGregor, the Secretary of State for Transport. Several speakers insisted that the House of Lords amendment giving British Rail the opportunity to bid for railway franchises must be overturned by the Government.
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