Conservative Party Conference: Hague speech:

Conservative Party Conference: Hague speech:; ITN ENGLAND: Lancs: Blackpool: INT Platform at Tory Party Conference with image of PM Tony Blair MP on screen Delegates sat in hall Mock speechwriters (including the Oscar winning arm of star floater Lorrayne Smith) around table making notes, drinking and smoking USA: Washington: John O'Sullivan (Former Speechwriter to Margaret Thatcher) sat at computer EXT John O'Sullivan (Former Speechwriter to Margaret Thatcher) intvwd SOT - Talks of what he would put in Hague's speech / Britain and America are Conservative countries ENGLAND: Lancs: Blackpool: INT Mock speechwriters (including the Oscar winning arm of star floater Lorrayne Smith) around table making notes, drinking and smoking Boris Johnson (The Daily Telegraph) along in press room and speaking at podium to empty hall SOT - Gives speech that he feels Hague should deliver Empty seats Johnson applauds Stuart Mole (Former Speechwriter to David Steel) along with Gibbon in grand room and intvwd - Gives excerpt from speech that he would have written for Hague Mock scriptwriters sat around table writing, smoking and drinking London: EXT Rory Bremner (Satirist) being made up as William Hague and giving impression SOT - Speaks as Hague Lancs: Blackpool: INT Backdrop to conference showing Tory logo Delegates applaud CS Mixing desk TV camera in hall Autocue next podium being lowered TX 9.10.97/C4N