LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Call for action over Liverpool riots

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:12

Description

Interview with Liverpool Wavertree MP Anthony Steen criticising Home Secretary William Whitelaw’s Commons statement on the riots in Toxteth, Liverpool, and calling for a state of emergency, bringing in of the army and appointment of a special minister to control the spreading rioting. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Anthony Steen

Keywords

Law enforcement; Liverpool; Riots; William Whitelaw; Toxteth; Army; Cabinet ministers; Willie Whitelaw

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