Results
28,816 results found for all records.
Croydon by-election (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Election coverage
Report on the by-election campaign for Croydon North West. Conservative Party candidate John Butterfill and former Prime Minister, Edward Heath speak to voters, over loudhailer encouraging Labour Party...
Tories oppose Thatcher (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative Party member on opposition to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s financial policy within her own (Conservative) party and Cabinet. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Labour GLC councillor leaves party (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
A female GLC councillor who has abandoned the Labour Party over rates (local taxes) talks about accusations she has been disloyal and why she left. Male interviewer not identified.
Labour GLC councillor leaves party (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
A GLC councillor who abandoned the Labour Party over rates (local taxes) talks about why she has won local elections and implications for the GLC. Female speaker and interviewer not identified.
SDP challenges Labour (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Interview
Repotr on MP for Plymouth Devonport, SDP leader David Owen challenging leader of the Labour Party, Michael Foot, to an election in his old constituency. With Commons speeches by Owen and Foot; interview with...
Michael Foot’s casual dress (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
A Labour Party member comments on the overly casual dress code of Party leader Michael Foot at a special occasion. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Rate-capping legislation announced (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on laws proposed by Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine to control the rates charged by local councils (rate capping) at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, and concern over...
UK civil defence spending (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Defence Secretary, John Nott? talks about government policy on civil defence spending, comparing it to Switzerland and Sweden, and on the nuclear deterrent. Male interviewer not identified.
Rioter on looting (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
A rioter talks about looting during riots against police in Brixton, London. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
David Lane on riot looting (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Excerpt from intervew with David Lane, Director of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), about preventing looting during public riots against police. Interviewer not heard.