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17 results found for '"Ron Brown"' in Contributors.
Labour leadership contest (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Spencer reports on controversy over planned voting changes in the election of a Labour Party leader following the resignation of leader James Callaghan and on whether Michael Foot will stand as a...
Labour MPs visit Afghanistan (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech; Interview; Press conference
Report on the condemnation by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the Labour MPs who went to visit Soviet occupied Afghanistan. Speaking are: Thatcher; and 2 of the MPs involved, Ron Brown and Allan Roberts....
Labour MPs on their Afghanistan visit (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference by the three Labour MPs following their visit to Soviet occupied Afghanistan- Ron Brown, Robert Litherland and Allan Roberts.
Decision makers (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; Election coverage; Music; Speech
Decision Makers. A four-part look back at a year of political change in Westminster (1981), presented by Peter Spencer. Foci include the Labour Party’s new rules for choosing a new leader (excerpts of...
Ron Brown on defection to SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Ron Brown, MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch, on the current divisions in the Labour Party that led to his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) (27/11/81). His announcement comes after the SDP...
Robert Maxwell legal case - Ron Brown visit (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the visit to Libya of Edinburgh Leith Labour MP, Ron Brown in an effort to secure the release of Scottish engineer Robert Maxwell, following his imprisonment in the country. Includes interview with...
George Thomas retirement as Speaker (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the retirement of the Speaker of the House of Commons George Thomas and the search for his successor. Includes excerpts from his Parliamentary speeches and contributions from Dennis Skinner and Ron...
Ron Brown MP, in mace row-suspended from Commons (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley speaks to Ron Brown MP, about his suspension from the House of Commons, after causing uproar in the chamber when he failed to apologise for tossing the royal mace to the floor. He remains...
Ron Brown banned from Commons after outburst (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The Scottish Labour MP Ron Brown was suspended from the House of Commons for 20 days last night, for damaging the Commons mace in an angry outburst and for refusing to apologise. Brown talks to Richard...
Ron Brown punished by Labour over mace tossing (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party MP, Ron Brown, who has been suspended from the House of Commons after dropping the ceremonial mace and refusing to apologise, and has now been punished by his own party. A meeting...