LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

General Election - Tory advert row

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

May 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:40

Description

Report on controversy over general election propaganda by the Conservative Party in the ethnic minority press following the refusal of the Caribbean Times newspaper to carry the advertising. Includes interviews with Ben Bousquet, Labour candidate; Patrick Jenkin, Conservative home affairs spokesman; Simon Hughes, Liberal MP; Roy Hattersley, Labour home affairs spokesman. Female reporter not identified (poss. Antonia Higgs). The male speaker at the start of the clip is not identified (poss. Des Fahy).

Contributors

Patrick Jenkin; Roy Hattersley; Simon Hughes; Des Fahy?; Antonia Higgs?; Ben Bousquet

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Newspapers; Interethnic relations; Conservative Party; Propaganda; Advertising; Political parties; Mass media; Black peoples; African-Caribbean peoples; General elections; Election campaigns; Advertisements; Caribbean Times

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