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Liberal assembly -day’s proceedings (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on proceedings on 28/09/79 at the Liberal Party assembly in Margate with a motion on the case of Mrs Manju Patel of Gillingham, Kent, whose 3 children were forced to leave Britain for India in 08/79,...
Liberal assembly - week’s proceedings (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report looking back at the week’s proceedings at the 1979 Liberal Party assembly in Margate, including debates on Northern Ireland and immigration. Includes speeches by delegates: leader David Steel; Cyril...
Liberal assembly - David Steel speech (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the keynote speech on 28/09/79 by Liberal leader David Steel at the Liberal Party annual assembly at Margate in Kent. He calls on disillusioned Labour members to join the Liberals. Male reporter...
Local Government Bill proposals (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on proposals announced in the Conservative Government’s Local Government Bill. Includes interview with Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine. Male reporter not identified (poss. John Perkins?).
Breathalyzer law objections (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the objections of Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell to the alcohol breathalyzer law in the UK. Includes interview with Transport Secretary Norman Fowler responding to the objections and on efforts to...
Recording released of French gangster Jacques Mesrine (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Special
Martin Ransom reports from Paris following the release by French police of a recording of the voice of Jacques Mesrine - a gangster shot dead in a police ambush in 11/79. Includes excerpts of recording (in...
French lamb war (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Richard Butler reports on an advert in the French newspaper Le Monde by French producers protesting EEC agricultural prices and policy in a lamb war with the UK and imports from New Zealand. Prior to the EEC...
Ivory Coast military coup (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a press conference featuring French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing where he reponded to questions regarding the military coup in the Ivory Coast which removed former French ally Emperor...
Dublin EEC summit proceedings (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Prue Keely reports back on proceedings at the EEC Dublin summit during a meeting of European leaders, with debate on economic policy and on Britain’s budget rebate. Female studio reporter not identified....
Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch visits US (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Andrew Manderstam reports on an official visit by Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch to the United States for talks with President Jimmy Carter where talks focused on terrorist problems involving the US and Northern...