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MOD on ability to cope with large oil spills (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker from the Ministry of Defence pays tribute to salvage workers on the Christos Bitas oil tanker. He says that no country can be prepared for a disaster on the scale of the Amoco...
Christos Bitas salvage operation deemed a success (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker on the salvage operation surrounding the Christos Bitas oil tanker. Speaker outlines the lessons learned from the Amoco Cadiz and Christos Bitas disasters but adds that there is...
John Biffen on new role in Shadow Cabinet (1978)
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Conservative MP John Biffen on his appointment to the Shadow Cabinet opposite the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Harold Lever. Biffen says it is good when opponents can agree on policy and insists...
John Biggs-Davison on resignation from Shadow Cabinet (1978)
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Conservative MP John Biggs-Davison explains his reasons for resigning his position in Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher’s Shadow Cabinet. Biggs-Davison says he cannot abstain from a parliamentary vote...
Julian Amery on vote against sanctions (1978)
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Conservative MP, Julian Amery explains his decision to go against party leader Margaret Thatcher’s instruction to abstain and vote against sanctions against Rhodesia. Amery says the issue was a matter of...
Winston Churchill on Rhodesia sanctions (1978)
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Former Shadow Cabinet member and Conservative MP, Winston Churchill explains why he ignored party instructions and voted against sanctions against Rhodesia. He says he does not feel the vote represents a...
Francis Pym on Rhodesia sanctions (1978)
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Shadow Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym on the Conservative Party leadership’s reaction to the sanctions vote against Rhodesia after several high-profile members ignored Margaret Thatcher’s instruction to...
Mark Carlisle on joining the Shadow Cabinet (1978)
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Conservative MP Mark Carlisle on being asked to join the Shadow Cabinet by party leader Margaret Thatcher. Carlisle says that Thatcher asked him to become shadow spokesman for Education, and speaks of his...
John Silkin on protection of coastal fishing (1978)
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John Silkin, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on the need to protect fishing rights around the British coastline. Silkin says he will not concede on matters of principle such as fish conservation...
Reginald Maudling on return to colonial rule in Rhodesia (1978)
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Conservative MP and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Reginald Maudling calls for the British Government to resume temporary colonial control of Rhodesia to ensure fair elections. Maudling believes that...