Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

10 Jun 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:24:52

Description

Decision Makers asks what went wrong for the Labour Party in the General Election, and why it lost. IRN’s political correspondent Peter Allen believes the party divided itself over such issues as nuclear weapons, and so ruined its chances of victory. Decision Makers hears from Labour politicians about the future of the Party. Prue Keely presents. Engineer Dave Dawson.

Contributors

Peter Allen; Prue Keely; Dave Dawson

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Political leadership; Political parties; Nuclear weapons; Defence policy; General elections; Michael Foot; Political leaders

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