LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

TUC conference - Nuclear debate

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

10 Sep 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:18

Description

Report on the debate on nuclear energy and nuclear weapons at the TUC congress in Blackpool which voted against a referendum on the issue. Includes interview with Scargill on defending himself against an assailant in a pub; Bill Jordan, engineers’ union speech on nuclear weapons; TASS leader Ken Gill speech on nuclear weapons. Reporter not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Ken Gill; Mark Mardell?; Bill Jordan

Keywords

Trade unions; TUC; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; Nuclear energy; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Blackpool; Nuclear safety

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