Title

Labour conference - Eric Heffer speech

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

1 Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:15

Description

Richard Dallyn reports on a speech by Labour Party Chairman Eric Heffer at the Party conference in Liverpool. With excerpts where he criticises Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and SDP leader David Owen, violence enacted by the police in the miners’ strike, court decision the strike is illegal for being a political decision. The conference votes not to smoke in the hall.

Contributors

Eric Heffer; Richard Dallyn

Keywords

Politics; Government; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Margaret Thatcher; Smoking; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Liverpool; Violence; David Owen; Political leadership; Political parties; Conferences; Policing practice; Coal miners; Prime ministers; Courts; Legal decisions; SDP; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Trade union members; Strikes (events)

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