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Civil service dispute talks (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interviews with Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw and union spokesman John Delaney following Whitelaw’s talks with civil service unions over the current industrial dispute and the Government’s...
Toxteth riots aftermath (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the drafting in of extra police officers following the weekend riots in Toxteth, Liverpool and Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw’s visit to Liverpool and talks with the Archbishop of...
Call for use of water cannons in Toxteth riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with Conservative MP Teddy Taylor calling for the use of water cannons in Toxteth, Liverpool to clear rioters off the streets, protect the police from petrol bombs and prevent deaths....
Roy Hattersley on social causes of recent riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shadow Home Secretary Roy Hattersley on the social causes of the recent riots. Criticising government economic policy for a lack of investment in in the inner cities and increasing levels of...
Latest riot outbreak in Moss Side (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the latest outbreak of rioting - in the Moss Side area of Manchester, following the riots in Toxteth, Southall and Wood Green. Includes Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable, James Anderton on...
Police view on recent riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Neivens on the recent riots. Covering evidence of communication between criminally motivated young people; effect on police morale of...
Lessons from US on UK riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Professor Norman Weiner of New York University following the recent outbreak of rioting in the UK, on the implications for Britain of the 1968 US Turner Commission Report, which found police...
CRE comment on recent riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), David Lane, on the recent riots. Calling for more communication between the police and local communities, and particularly ethnic...
Call for action over Liverpool riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Liverpool Wavertree MP Anthony Steen criticising Home Secretary William Whitelaw’s Commons statement on the riots in Toxteth, Liverpool, and calling for a state of emergency, bringing in of...
New police helmets in Toxteth riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chief Superintendent Ronald Hadfield on the new protective police helmets which have been acquired by the Chief Constable of Merseyside and successfully used by officers during the Toxteth...