Paddy Ashdown’s speech at Liberal Democrat Conference
Ashdown and wife Jane applauded as onto platform at Liberal Democrat Conference. Ashdown speech-jokes 'who writes this stuff?'. Talks about House of Lords reform, freedom of information bill and of 'Blair the pluralist or (Tony) Blair the control freak'. Asks his party to 'Have the self confidence.....to take the risks'. Ashdown and wife Jane walk off platform shaking hands as applauded.
