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Geoffrey Howe in Moscow (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
David Spanier reports on the Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe official visit to the Soviet Union, for talks about the United States SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative or Star Wars project) and the West’s...
Held flight arrives from Lagos airport (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Sue Maskell reports on the passengers who had been stranded at Lagos airport, Nigeria, for two days, arriving back in the UK at Gatwick Airport. Includes comment from passenger Christopher Ralph; ground...
GLC member arrested (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the arrest of Bill Bush, head of the Labour Party Secretariat at the GLC, for allegedly stealing a Cabinet document relating to plans for the ILEA after abolition of the GLC. Includes interviews...
Lady Shirley Porter’s anti-GLC campaign (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Lady Shirley Porter, leader of Westminster City Council’s, anti-GLC campaign. Includes interview with Shirley Porter. Female reporter not identified (poss. Jo Andrews).
Ken Livingstone and Patrick Jenkin clash over GLC (1984)
- Genre
- Debate; News report
Jo Andrews reports on a debate between leader of the GLC Ken Livingstone and Environment Secretary Patrick Jenkin, at the Greater London Council headquarters at County Hall, in a debate over GLC abolition....
GLC to be abolished (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the political reaction and public opinion to the decision to abolish the GLC and metropolitan councils and a postponement of the abolition. Include interview with leader of the GLC Ken Livingstone....
Ken Livingstone GLC abolition by-election (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Elena Curti reports on GLC leader Ken Livingstone’s hope to resign from his seat over the Government’s decision to scrap the GLC to force a by-election over abolition. Includes interviews with chair of...
Ken Livingstone Amsterdam visit (1984)
- Genre
- Debate; News report
Report on leader of the GLC Ken Livingstone’s visit to Amsterdam as a guest of the mayor Ed van Thijn, partly to build support as GLC faces abolition. Includes actuality from a public debate between the...
Miners strike - NUM extraordinary conference (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the start of the NUM extraordinary annual conference with a motion for change in disciplinary rules and after a court order calling for a full ballot on the rule change. During the miners’...
Miners strike - Court ruling on NUM rule changes (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on leader of the NUM Arthur Scargill attacking the courts during the NUM extraordinary conference after they ordered a ballot over NUM rule changes - the NUM plans to ignore the court order. Male...