Results
28,816 results found for all records.
Enfield Southgate by-election - Candidates’ press conference (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Elections are taking place in the Greater London constituency of Enfield Southgate, to replace murdered MP Anthony Berry. The main party candidates, Conservative Michael Portillo, Liberal Tim Slack...
Miners strike - Tony Benn calls for general strike (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Tony Benn wants a general strike to support the miners. He says that contrary to what has been said in the press, trade unions everywhere in Britain are supporting the coal strike. Male interviewer...
Enfield Southgate by-election result - Candidates’ views (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the result of the Enfield Southgate by-election. Conservative candidate Michael Portillo is happy to have won. Campaign managers have blamed the cold weather and aged population for the poor...
Enfield Southgate by-election - John Gummer on result (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Conservative Party chairman John Gummer is pleased with the result of the Enfield Southgate by-election, although he says it was anticipated. He pays tribute to the late Anthony Berry MP, the previous...
Enfield Southgate by-election - Michael Portillo on win (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Conservative candidate Michael Portillo says he was confident he would win the Enfield Southgate by-election, but expresses disappointment at the poor turnout, which he blames on the reluctance of older...
IRA Brighton bombing - Norman Tebbit recovers (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Trade and Industry Secretary Norman Tebbit, who is recovering in hospital after the IRA bombing in Brighton. Tebbit speaks about his wife, Margaret’s condition, and says he is in contact...
Geoffrey Howe on Percy Norris, and Gibraltar (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe gives his reaction to the asssassination of Deputy High Commissioner Percy Norris in Bombay, before talking about Spanish-Gibraltarian relations in the light of the Lisbon...
Kuwait Airways hijacking - Mother of hostage (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Beryl Beeston, the mother of British flight engineer Neil Beeston, talks about her concerns after her son was taken hostage on Kuwait Airways Flight 221 (hijacked en route from Kuwait City to Karachi and...
Frank Flanagan on his son’s murder (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the trial of a Belgian bar owner charged with killing British football fan Brian Flanagan. Frank Flanagan, the dead man’s father, says his son was wrongly depicted as a hooligan by the mass...
Rauf Denktas says Greek Cypriots treated Turkish Cypriots badly (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Rauf Denktas, leader of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, says the Turkish Cypriots were treated like animals by Greek Cypriots prior to 1974. He says they did not claim independence but were forced...