The Labour leader Ed Miliband’s conference speech on Tuesday, in which he invoked the mantel of Disraeli’s ‘One Nation’ Conservatism, has led to several letters, tweets and blog posts in recent days.

Today, Gleanings and Memoranda adds its contribution to the debate by publishing the text of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin’s speech at the post-general election victory demonstration held on 4th December 1924 at the Albert Hall, London, when he addressed a crowd of over 9,000. This was the first time when the words ‘One Nation’ were actually used, paraphrasing Disraeli’s ‘Two Nations’:

Baldwin’s speech, as described in the Party’s journal, Gleanings and Memoranda (Vol. LXI, Jan 1925)  [PUB 220/61]