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John Smith on becoming Minister of Trade (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with John Smith MP, on becoming Minister of Trade in the Labour Government. Male interviewer not identified.
Businessman held in Iraq (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with Foreign Office minister Douglas Hurd on the arrest of British businessman John Smith in Baghdad, Iraq, for undisclosed reasons (23/07/79). Smith is a managing director of Hestair Dennis, a...
John Smith on economics and life and times in politics and law (1990)
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- Interview
Nicholas Leonard interviews John Smith, Shadow Chancellor, for the Marie Kinsey programme. Talks about his life and times in politics and views on economics including effect of North Sea oil industry. Break...
Norman Lamont on his Budget (1992)
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- Interview
Chancellor Norman Lamont speaks to Mike Carlton defending his new Budget’s tax cuts and increased borrowing.
General election date announced (1992)
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- Interview
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock talks to political correspondent Peter Russell about the announcement of the date of the general election (April 9th) with reference to the Budget, shadow Chancellor John...
Tory general election campaign-Major in East Midlands (1992)
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- News report; Speech
Political correspondent Paul Rowley reports on the first day of the Conservative Party general election campaign as Prime Minister John Major visited schools and held a rally in Lincolnshire and Nottingham....
John Smith announces Labour leadership challenge (1992)
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- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews shadow Chancellor John Smith following his announcement that he’s to stand for the leadership of the Labour Party. He’s promising to continue the modernisation process started by...
Labour leadership election rules (1992)
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- Interview
Bernie Grant, who is contesting for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party, says the new voting system put in place is a farce. It has been suggested it has been implemented so the leadership is...
Labour leadership contest (1992)
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- News report; Interview
The Labour Party leadership contest has been described as a farce as the rules were changed resulting in Ken Livingstone and Bernie Grant being ruled out for lack of support. John Smith, Margaret Beckett and...
John Smith elected Labour leader (1992)
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- News report; Interview; Speech
Peter Murphy reports on the election of John Smith as the new leader of the Labour Party after he beat his challenger Bryan Gould. Margaret Becket has been elected deputy leader. Speakers include John Smith;...