LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Labour Bermondsey selection

Genre

News report

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

Report on the selection of the Labour candidate (Bob Mellish or Peter Tatchell) in the forthcoming by-election in Bermondsey in London; attempts by the Liberals to get former Party deputy leader John Pardoe back into Parliament; reaction to comments by former Prime Minister, Edward Heath about an SDP-Conservative coalition. The report follows the victory of SDP candidate Shirley Williams in the Liverpool Crosby by-election (26/11/81). Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Elections; London; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Liverpool; Political parties; Shirley Williams; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Parliamentary candidates; Bermondsey; Crosby

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