LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

General election - Michael Foot on unemployment

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Labour Party leader Michael Foot, speaking in Oxford, targets Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government for the rise in unemployment. Speaking in London, Thatcher responds by saying that unemployment has always risen under a Labour regime, and the Conservatives will not take any lectures from the Labour Party. The war of words over economics continues between the two political rivals. The reporter is Richard Dallyn.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Michael Foot; Richard Dallyn

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Government; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Unemployment; Political parties; General elections

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