Thatchers immigration speech denounced
- Title
- Thatchers immigration speech denounced
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:55
- Description
- Spokesman for the Commission for Racial Equality denouncing Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher’s speech on immigration as being ill timed and vague, and of concern to immigrants already in the country with relatives overseas. Arguing that immigration cannot be separated from race relations and should not be used as a party political electoral issue. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Margaret Thatcher; Interethnic relations; Conservative Party; Immigration; Commission for Racial Equality
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LBC/IRN, "Thatchers immigration speech denounced". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0002300236008 (Accessed 08 Jun 2025)