LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

General Election - Party campaigns

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

31 May 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:23

Description

Report on campaigning by the three main political parties prior to the 1983 General Election. Includes excerpts from a speech in Edinburgh by Conservative leader and Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher; interview with Shirley Williams, President of the Social Democratic Party, in Plymouth; speech by Labour leader Michael Foot. Male reporter not identified. Clip ends abruptly, during Foot’s speech.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=105358

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Shirley Williams; Michael Foot

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Devon; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Scotland; Political parties; Prime ministers; Speeches; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Plymouth; General elections; Political coalitions; Edinburgh; Political leaders; Election campaigns

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