Title

Arthur Latham on Tatchell smear campaign

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:06:05

Description

London Labour Party Chairman, Arthur Latham argues that the defeat of Labour candidate Peter Tatchell in the Bermondsey by-election was not a rejection by the electorate of the Labour Party and its politics but the result of a smear campaign by the media, which included attacks on Tatchell’s homosexuality. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Latham

Keywords

Elections; London; Labour Party; Homosexuality; Mass media; Parliamentary candidates; Election campaigns; Bermondsey; Peter Tatchell

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