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1992: Brown's 'fireside rug'

Gordon Brown, then a rising star in the shadow cabinet, lampoons Trade and Industry Secretary Michael Heseltine.

Gordon Brown ridicules Trade and Industry Secretary Michael Heseltine

Ted Heath 1989: 'My favourite one-club golfer'
Former PM Ted Heath ridicules his own party's economic policies, likening the chancellor to a golfer stuck in a bunker.

Margaret Thatcher 1983: 'Frightened! Frit!'
PMQs descends into chaos as deputy Labour leader Denis Healey advises Margaret Thatcher to "cut and run".

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NORTHERN IRELAND
First sitting of the Transitional Assembly 2006: NI Assembly 'in transition'

Sir Reg Empey during the 1999 Ministerial nominations 1999: NI ministers nominated

SCOTLAND
The Queen making a speech 2004: Holyrood opens

Susan Deacon speaking at the debate 2001: Free care for the elderly
WALES
Leanne Wood AM 2004: 'Mrs Windsor'

Dafydd Wigley AM 1999: Wigley stages walkout

EUROPE
Santer Commission escape censure motion 1999: Crisis in the EU

The Pope is heckled by Ian Paisley 1988: Pope heckled by Paisley

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