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Tam Dalyell on Elizabeth Keays burglary (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Tam Dalyell alleges that a burglary at the home of Sara Keays’s sister Elizabeth Keays in November 1983 was carried out to obtain documents owned by Cecil Parkinson MP (former lover of Sara...
Earl of Stockton on privatisation (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the Earl of Stockton, Harold Macmillan’s speech at the Tory Reform Group, saying that the country is virtually bankrupt, and that privatisation will not help, equating it to selling off the...
Neil Kinnock on need for party unity (1985)
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- Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock comments on the need for unity within the party, while suggesting that there is little room for Militant. He also comments on events in Liverpool, where jobs and services need...
Norman Tebbit on a permissive society (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit on the problems created by a permissive society. Speaking at the Constitution Club in London, he claims that the 1990s will bring a backlash and a return to...
Hattersley, Tebbit and Cartwright on Tyne Bridge by-election (1985)
- Genre
- Discussion; Interview
Labour MP Roy Hattersley, Conservative Chairman Norman Tebbit and Social Democratic MP John Cartwright react to Labour’s comfortable victory in the Tyne Bridge by-election (05/12/85). Male presenter not...
Gow on Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Conservative MP Ian Gow discusses Northern Ireland and the gaffe made by Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King (who declared that the Irish Prime Minister knew the Anglo-Irish Agreement would never create...
Neil Kinnock on Labour Party factions (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock reflects on the factions in his party, adding his assurance that everything is now under control. He also talks about unions in the coal industry, unemployment, and economic...
Harrods bombing memorial (1985)
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- Interview; News report
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher laying flowers on the memorial to the three police officers who were killed in the Harrods bomb (17/12/83). Sergeant Chris Stanger laid a wreath and talks about his...
Errol Walker siege (1985)
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- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Rob Goldstone reports on reaction to the end of the Errol Walker siege, at Pointer Court, Gallery Gardens estate, Northholt, London, which has ended with police storming the flat after 29 hours and rescuing...
Aristos Constantinou murder (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the murder of Aristos Constantinou, London fashion tycoon, shot in a hail of bullets in the first hours of 1985, after returning to Bishops Avenue, Hampstead with his wife Elena, police have been...