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National Theatre Live: Nye

"Welsh windbag strikes again." You printed your own newspaperduring the general strike,...

"Welsh windbag strikes again." You printed your own newspaper
during the general strike, you might as well
be doing the same thing now

Full Transcript

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"Welsh windbag strikes again."
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You printed your own newspaper during the general strike,
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you might as well be doing the same thing now.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:32
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
biography, comedy, drama
Production
National Theatre,Neal Street Productions,Wales Millennium Centre

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Movie Summary

Confronted with death, Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan's deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Whatever reputation you had before the war as a principled agitator, - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:08
Whatever reputation you had before the war as a principled a...
Now, you're the most hated man in Britain. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
Now, you're the most hated man in Britain.
Excrement in the mail. Death threats. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:05
Excrement in the mail. Death threats.
You're assaulted in the streets, the security services tell me, I know. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
You're assaulted in the streets, the security services ...
You are universally despised. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
You are universally despised.
After Hitler, the next person the country hates is you. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
After Hitler, the next person the country hates is you.
I am the best chance we have of defeating Fascism. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
I am the best chance we have of defeating Fascism.
A vote for you is a vote for the very conditions that led to the rise of Fascism! - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:07
A vote for you is a vote for the very conditions that led to...
You conscript men to mine coal underground, - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:10
You conscript men to mine coal underground,
This crisis is a privateering racket with your friends lining their pockets. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:07
This crisis is a privateering racket with your friends linin...
I am the only chance we have! - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:05
I am the only chance we have!
And I am the only chance the working people have. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:05
And I am the only chance the working people have.
The Labour Party has never been able to unite the working class. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:07
The Labour Party has never been able to unite the working cl...
Oh, we've spent decades trying to educate through speeches, libraries, colleges, - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:12
Oh, we've spent decades trying to educate through speec...
Yeah. The working class has never been united in my lifetime. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
Yeah. The working class has never been united in my lifetime...
With your statesmanship and your cigars and your "our finest hour". - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
With your statesmanship and your cigars and your "our f...
Because the moment the ruling class is under threat, - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:08
Because the moment the ruling class is under threat,
You need a united country to defend your privilege. - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:06
You need a united country to defend your privilege.
No more blaming minorities or, uh... benefit claimants - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:12
No more blaming minorities or, uh... benefit claimants
Oh, no, no, it's all Blitz spirit and "White Cliffs of Dover" - National Theatre Live: Nye 00:09
Oh, no, no, it's all Blitz spirit and "White Cliff...