Great speeches: Aneurin Bevan
Full and edited versions of Aneurin Bevan's 'Weapons for squalid and trivial ends' speech, delivered to the House of Commons on 5 December 1956
Weapons for squalid and trivial ends
Weapons for squalid and trivial ends - part 1
The greatest Commons performance
Weapons for squalid and trivial ends - part 2
Mr Bevan indicts the 'synthetic villains'
December 6 1956: Mr Selwyn Lloyd was bound to seem pedestrian beside Mr Bevan. He was unfortunate to be drawn against Labour's brilliant swordsman in the opening round of the two-day contest on Suez.
