Title

General election - Labour defence policy

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Report on views of US President Ronald Reagan on UK Labour Party and their non-nuclear defence policy during the 1987 General Election; speech by Labour leader Neil Kinnock at press conference on President’s opinions and their policy; comment by PM Margaret Thatcher (28/05/87). Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Neil Kinnock

Keywords

USA; Elections; Labour Party; Conservative Party; USSR; International relations; Political parties; Nuclear weapons; State security; Presidents; Defence policy; Ronald Reagan; General elections; Election campaigns

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