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Jim Sillars on withdrawal from the Labour whip (1976)
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- Interview
Jim Sillars MP, on why he and John Robertson MP will no longer take the Labour whip. Angry about unemployment figures and public expenditure cuts, he says we now have a Tory Labour government. Male...
Empty houses squatted (1976)
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- Interview
Arabella Churchill, granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, interviewed in the London squat where she has set up a non-profit-making restaurant and community meeting-place. She points out that the house,...
Disorderly conduct in the House of Commons (1976)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Ed Boyle and Peter Allen report on a particularly disorderly sitting of the House of Commons (27/05/76). With contributions from Conservative Michael Heseltine, Scottish nationalist Winnie Ewing, and Liberal...
Tony Benn on bank nationalisation (1976)
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- Interview
Interview with Secretary of State for Energy, Tony Benn, about the proposals for nationalisation of UK banks and insurance companies, in order to direct investment towards industry. Male interviewer not...
Syd Bidwell on race relations (1976)
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- Interview
Tony Tucker interviews Southall MP Sydney Bidwell, about his new book on race relations, entitled Red, White and Black, and on new legislation aimed at improving race relations including the setting up of...
Alick Buchanan-Smith resigns over devolution bill (1976)
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- Interview
Interview with Alick Buchanan-Smith, shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, about his decision to resign from the shadow cabinet following the Conservative Party’s decision to reject the Government’s...
Lord Butler on Suez crisis (1976)
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- Interview
Tony Tucker interviews Lord Butler (Richard Austen Butler, otherwise known as Rab Butler) of Saffron Walden about the Suez Crisis in 1956, the actions of Anthony Eden and involvement of the USA. Butler was...
Denis Healey on IMF loan (1976)
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- Interview
Interview with UK Chancellor, Denis Healey, about the Government’s request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund and what the money will be used for and conditions set by the IMF. Defends his...
Harold Macmillan on Britain in crisis (1976)
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- Interview
Robin Day interviews former UK Prime Minister, the Earl of Stockton (Harold Macmillan), about the economic situation in Britain. He says Britain is not in decline but government spending should be cut on...
Harold Macmillan on Britain in crisis (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Robin Day interviews former UK Prime Minister, the Earl of Stockton (Harold Macmillan), about the economic situation in Britain. He says Britain is not in decline but government spending should be cut on...