Title

General Election - Denis Healey comments rebound

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Jun 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:34

Description

Report on campaigning for the 1983 General Election, with charges of hypocrisy levelled at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over an Argentine bank loan rebounding on Labour deputy leader Denis Healey; the report also examines the continuing debate over high levels of unemployment, and the latest opinion polls. Speakers include Denis Healey (on ITN); Labour leader Michael Foot; Dr David Owen, Social Democratic Party (SDP); David Steel, Liberal leader; Margaret Thatcher. Female reporter not identified (poss. Antonia Higgs).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; Denis Healey; Michael Foot; David Owen; ITN; Antonia Higgs?

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Unemployment; Political parties; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; General elections; Political coalitions; Denis Healey; Election campaigns; Opinion polls

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