LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

General election - Alliance and coalition

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:48

Description

Report on SDP-Liberal Party Alliance diverging views on whether to support Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as leader of Conservatives if she loses election and they form a coalition. Includes interviews with Liberal Party leader David Steel and SDP leader David Owen and speech by David Steel in Nottingham; during the 1987 General Election campaign. Reporters not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

Contributors

David Steel; David Owen; Mark Mardell?

Keywords

Elections; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; David Owen; Political parties; David Steel; SDP; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns

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