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Protest over Knowsley North by-election (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a protest by four women who chained themselves to the railings outside a Labour Party NEC meeting in protest against moves to impose a moderate candidate in the Knowsley North by-election. Includes...
Tam Dalyell ejected from House of Commons (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP, Tam Dalyell on his speech on the Westland affair that resulted in his ejection from the House of Commons. In the speech, Dalyell had abused Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, calling her a liar and...
Tories increase public expenditure (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Secretary of State for Education, Kenneth Baker on the Government’s plans to increase public spending, mainly in education. He says schools will benefit from extra resources, and teachers will get a pay...
Enoch Powell claims US plot aimed to unite Ireland (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on claims by Ulster Unionist MP, Enoch Powell that the USA had backed a plot, agreed with MI6, to unite Ireland, and was behind the deaths of Lord Mountbatten and Airey Neave. Includes excerpts of...
Margaret Thatcher on next election and her unpopularity (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Murphy reports on an interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She gives little away about the date of the next election; she hopes the Conservatives will win, and comments on her unpopularity...
Police deny bugging Sikhs (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker denies that police acted under pressure from the Government over the Leicester Sikh trial and denies bugging members of the Sikh community - it was by chance that...
Sikh trials (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Parmatma Singh Marwaha(?) discusses the so-called Sikh trials (in connection with an assassination plot on Rajiv Gandhi) after his acquittal (two other men men were found guilty). He condemns the British and...
Government won’t buy Nimrod system (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
UK Defence Secretary, George Younger on the Government’s decision not to buy the British early warning defence system aircraft, Nimrod; who is responsible for this - the MOD or GEC; the need for a system....
Jim Prior on Government’s decision not to buy Nimrod (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Jim Prior, Chairman of GEC, reacts to the UK Government’s decision not to pick the Nimrod early warning aircraft system - that his company manufactured - for its air defence system. Prior says the...
Tam Dalyell on Fifth Man mystery (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP, Tam Dalyell on the identity of the so-called Fifth Man in connection with the break-in and theft by intelligence services of unspecified espionage-related documents (poss. generated by the...