SDP Conference - Reaction to Shirley Williams by-election candidacy
- Title
- SDP Conference - Reaction to Shirley Williams by-election candidacy
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
- TX Date
- Oct 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:03:41
- Description
- Report during the Social Democratic Party (SDP) touring conference, on internal criticism of Party president Shirley Williams’s failure to communicate with the people of Crosby before announcing to the media her intention to stand as Parliamentary candidate in the local by-election. Includes comment from Michael Steed, a former Liberal Association president; Dr David Owen MP. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).
- Contributors
- Shirley Williams; David Owen; Michael Steed; Peter Murphy?
- Keywords
- Elections; Political conferences; Liverpool; Political parties; Conferences; Shirley Williams; Party politics; SDP; Parliamentary candidates; Crosby; Constituencies
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