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28,816 results found for all records.
Joan Edkins on the effect of the toolmakers’ strikes on local working women (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Mrs Joan Edkins on her attempts to help end the Lucas toolmakers’ strike, which is affecting local womenâs income.
Interview on 24-hour airport strikes (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified speaker about current strikes at airports. It looks at the support for unofficial strikes by the British airport workers with a 24-hour strike of their own, the Fire Service...
Economy suffering due to excessive laws (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe says the economy is suffering due to an excess of laws. He observes that building new factories here can take twice as long as in Europe for this reason. He also looks at...
Think tank on Foreign Office spending (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ed Boyle reports on the think tank report on the Foreign Office. He looks at the extravagances of the offices and how this needs to change. Includes interviews with MPs Ian Wrigglesworth and John Ryman.
John Davies on Foreign Office think tank report (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Foreign Secretary John Davies on his reaction to a think-tank report on Foreign Office spending. He speaks about the need to spend money to keep up foreign affairs, how the civil servant’s life can...
Lord Gowrie on the House of Lords (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative peer Lord Gowrie (Alexander Ruthven, usually known as Grey Gowrie) on reports on the abolition of the House of Lords. He speaks about the advantages of an elected second chamber,...
Protracted Parliament session (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ed Boyle reports on a session of Parliament that went on until the next day’s session. Looks at the topics that caused the session to run over: devolution, Europe and inflation.
Ladywood by-election (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report by Ed Boyle on the by-election in Ladywood, Birmingham. It looks at the violence on the day, the victor, the loss of votes on a safe seat for Labour, the National Front’s participation, and the...
Violence at the Ladywood by-election (1977)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview; News report
Report by Ed Boyle on the violence at the by-election in Ladywood, Birmingham. Looks at the violence on the day, and during the announcement of the results and at the violence directed at the National Front....
Reg Prentice on his resignation from Labour (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Walden interviews MP Reg Prentice on his reasons for leaving the Labour Party. He speaks on Labour’s changes in the left of the party towards a Marxist class war view, the failure of the moderate...