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  • David Owen on SDP merger possibilities (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Dr David Owen, SDP leader at the SDP Conference, Harrogate. On possibilities of a merger with the Liberal Party and why he is against it Male interviewer not identified.

  • Community charge legislation (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the introduction of the community charge or poll tax. Local Government MP Michael Howard, speaking in its defence, as the minister responsible for guiding the legislation through Parliament. Also...

  • Alec McGivan resigns as SDP official (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Alec McGivan on his resignation as a national official of the SDP, as he has been unable to campaign in favour of a merger with the Liberal Party as an impartial official; criticises the tactics used by the...

  • Spycatcher on sale in USA (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher book being sold at John F. Kennedy Airport. US bookseller Donald Stokes on receiving his consignment, sales to British buyers, and media...

  • Michael Heseltine on local government (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Exclusive LBC interview with Conservative MP Michael Heseltine on local government. On the desirability of the local democratic process but not to the point where it frustrates the mandate of national...

  • Lord Denning on Spycatcher injunction ruling (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with retired Master of the Rolls Lord Denning on former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher memoirs. Disagreeing with the Court of Appeal Law Lords decision to support an injunction...

  • Peter Preston on Spycatcher injunction ruling (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Guardian Editor Peter Preston’s stupefaction at the decision of the Court of Appeal Law Lords to support an injunction banning newspaper reportage of former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher...

  • George McKechnie on Spycatcher injunction ruling not affecting Scotland (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Editor of the Glasgow Evening Times, George McKechnie, confirming that the paper will continue to publish evidence in the Peter Wright Spycatcher case in Australia, having sought legal clarification that the...

  • Interview with Independent editor Andreas Whittam-Smith (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Editor of The Independent, Andreas Whittam-Smith, on the implications of the Appeal Court ruling on former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher memoirs. On the government being able to gag...

  • George Young on poll tax (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir George Young on his concern, shared by other backbench Conservative MPs, at the government’s plans to levy a community charge (or poll tax). That it makes sense to see how the tax works in Scotland...