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Islington defections to SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rodney Bennett reports following the victory of SDP candidate Kevin O’Keefe in an Islington Borough Council by-election, preceded by the defection of 16 councillors and local MP Michael O’Halloran from...
Michael Foot at nuclear disarmament meeting (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Phil Longman reports on a nuclear disarmament meeting in London, where Labour Party leader Michael Foot shared the platform with veteran campaigners E P Thompson and former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme....
Thatcher cabinet reshuffle (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Judith Dawson reports back on possible ministerial changes in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet reshuffle, notably the move of Employment Secretary James Prior to Northern Ireland, following his...
Jim Prior starts Northern Ireland appointment (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on reaction to the appointment and the first week in office of new Northern Ireland Secretary James Prior, including visit to Ulster including the Maze Prison where 10 hunger strikers have so far...
Labour-Brezhnev talks on nuclear missiles (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Labour Party leader Michael Foot and deputy leader Denis Healey’s talks in Moscow with Leonid Brezhnev, when the Soviet President repeated his 1979 offer to withdraw nuclear missiles from western...
Roy Jenkins at SDP Guildford meeting (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the speech (with excerpts) by SDP leader Roy Jenkins at last evening’s well-attended meeting in Guildford on the potential role of the new SDP-Liberal Alliance in government and breaking of the...
Geoffrey Howe replies to economic policy critics (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Special
Report on a Croydon by-election speech by Geoffrey Howe, Chancellor, replying to critics (including former Prime Minister Edward Heath) of the Conservative Government’s monetarist economic policy. With...
Government economic policy - Edward Heath view (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech to an audience of Conservative students in Manchester by former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath, where he criticises the Government’s monetarist economic policies. With excerpts. Includes...
Edward Heath criticises government economic policy (1981)
- Genre
- Speech; News report
Speech by Conservative former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath to a group of Conservative students in Manchester, where he attacks the Government’s monetarist economic policies. Ends with commentary- male...
Direct Action documentary (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Documentary; Interview
Report on a radio documentary made by the French communist terrorist organisation Direct Action. Includes excerpts from the documentary featuring one of the leaders, Jean-Marc Rouillan, and an unidentified...