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Paul Boateng on Southall riot (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of the GLC Police Committee, Paul Boateng, on the failure of senior officers to pre-empt the Southall riot over the weekend, when a group of politically motivated skinheads invaded an...
Local authority programme to deal with riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lewisham councillor Russell Profitt, following his meeting with Home Secretary William Whitelaw, on a 5 point local authority programme which calls for urgent Government action to deal with...
Local authority appeal following Toxteth riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, Jack Smart, on the association’s planned appeal to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to change Government policy and review cuts in...
Thatcher statement following Toxteth riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Statement by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following the Toxteth riots, in which she confirms her intention to visit Liverpool and speaks of Home Secretary William Whitelaw’s constructive meetings in...
Aftermath of Toxteth and Southall riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Extract of interview with Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Neivens calling for the cooperation of parents in discouraging young teenagers from areas of disturbance, following the...
Southall riot aftermath (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Neivens defending young people’s right to free movement in London, in the wake of the Southall riot, which followed a group...
Second day of rioting in Toxteth (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a second day of rioting in Toxteth, Liverpool (male reporter not identified). Includes report by Paul Davies, with actuality of petrol bomb violence against the police; also interviews with 2...
Toxteth and Southall riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Post mortem report on a weekend of riot violence in Toxteth, Liverpool and Southall, London. Includes excerpt of Commons statement by Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw; Liverpool Deputy Chief...
Kenneth Oxford on Toxteth riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Merseyside Chief Constable Kenneth Oxford stating the Toxteth riots were not race related, and that black and white youths were involved in the disturbances. Female interviewer not identified.
Role of police in Toxteth riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with SDP MP for Toxteth, Liverpool, Richard Crawshaw arguing the riots there were sparked off by discontent among some of the community over the lack of even-handed treatment from the police, and...