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GCHQ reaction to government ban on unions (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on GCHQ staff opposition to the Government’s ban on trade union membership there. Includes interviews with Anne Downey, Chairman of the local branch of the Civil and Public Servants Association...
NUJ challenge gagging order (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the National Union of Journalists challenging the ban on the Old Bailey ban on naming the victim of a kidnapping case (Miss X, a member of a prominent public family) in the press to protect her...
Press gagging order on witness identity (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the National Union of Journalists challenging the ban on the Old Bailey ban on naming the victim of a kidnapping case (Miss X, a member of a prominent public family) in the press to protect her...
Margaret Thatcher C4 interview (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s interview for Channel 4 News (04/01/84). In excerpts, Thatcher speaks of a third industrial revolution, the shipbuilding dispute, and the growth of employment...
Tony Benn is Labour candidate for Chesterfield by-election (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on former cabinet minister Tony Benn’s selection as the Labour candidate for the Chesterfield by-election. Unsuccessful rival Northeast Derbyshire Council leader Cliff Fox hopes that his votes went...
Michael Heseltine back from the Falklands (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Maurice reports on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s return from a visit to the Falkland Islands. Piloted by Flight Lieutenant Nick Lee, the four-engine RAF Nimrod covered its journey from the...
Rate-capping proposals due for second reading (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on rate-capping proposals due for their second reading. It is assumed that the bill will get through due to the Conservative Party’s healthy majority in the House. Some town hall leaders are in...
GCHQ union ban - Reaction to proposals (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on reaction to the decision of the Government and Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, to ban trade unions at the UK intelligence unit in Cheltenham, GCHQ. The speakers include: Shadow Foreign...
GCHQ union ban - Political reaction (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the union ban at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Cheltenham with Government contradiction over whether rebellious staff will be sacked and Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe being...
Violence in Lebanon (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on recent violence in Lebanon. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been consulting urgently with her ministers and advisers over the future of the 100-strong British contingent in the...