Bad week for Thatcher
- Title
- Bad week for Thatcher
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 3 May 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:03:45
- Description
- Report on a bad week for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with poor results for the Conservative Party in the county council elections; latest unemployment figures showing continued rise; Energy Secretary Peter Walker criticising her economic policy. Speaking are Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; shadow Employment Secretary John Prescott; Peter Walker; Conservative Chairman John Gummer; SDP leader David Owen. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Peter Walker; David Owen; Neil Kinnock; John Prescott; John Gummer
- Keywords
- Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Unemployment; Political parties; Economic policy; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Local elections; Employment policy; Unemployment statistics; County coucils
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LBC/IRN, "Bad week for Thatcher". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005400048010 (Accessed 09 May 2025)