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Kinnock meets Perez de Cuellar on Middle East (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s meeting with UN Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar. Includes comment from Kinnock on issues discussed including peace in the Middle East, aftermath of...
Lib Dems win Ribble Valley in poll tax protest (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
The Liberal Democrats have won the Ribble Valley by-election in what was considered a safe Conservative Party seat, as voters made a protest against the poll tax (community charge). Includes Michael Carr’s...
Speaker Bernard Weatherill to retire (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on Speaker of the House of Commons Bernard Weatherill retiring before the next election, after 8 years; his celebrity after Parliament was televised; and possible candidates to take over including...
Lambeth council set budget needing 600 job cuts (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Labour-run Lambeth Council who oppose the poll tax (community charge) have had to reduced their services budget by 20 million pounds and axe 600 jobs leaving it still over the capping limit. Report includes...
Parliamentary debate on poll tax (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate on the poll tax (community charge) brought by the Labour Party with Commons speeches from Conservative MP, Phillip Oppenheim; Ulster Unionist MP, William Ross; Conservative...
President Bush speech at end of Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports on a speech to Congress by President George H. W. Bush following the end of the Gulf War and the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait. He outlines how he...
US forces move back to Euphrates (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Maurice interviews US Colonel Mike Gallagher at US Central Command on the repositioning of US forces back to their previous position onto to the banks of the Euphrates river in an attempt to prevent the...
UN lifts some sanctions against Iraq (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Woodley reports from United Nations headquarters in New York following the partial lifting of economic sanctions against Iraq imposed in the wake of its invasion of Kuwait, now the Gulf War has ended....
HMS Gloucester home to UK after Gulf War (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Chris Carnegy reports on the return to the UK of HMS Gloucester - the Royal Navy destroyer that survived Iraqi guided missile attacks in the Gulf War. Wives, families and friends turned out at Portsmouth to...
US rejects Major’s Kurds proposal (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
North American correspondent Paul Woodley reports on the rejection by Europe and the United States of a proposal suggested by British Prime Minister John Major to create a UN-administered safe haven to...