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Chancellor deflects responsibility for unemployment (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Government and unemployment. Includes comment from Chancellor Nigel Lawson and Shadow Chancellor, Roy Hattersley. Male reporter not identified.
Labour Party ward demands resignation of Neil Kinnock (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on demands by the Walpole branch of the Ealing-Southall Constituency Labour Party for the resignation of party leader Neil Kinnock. Includes comment from Labour MPs Sydney Bidwell and Allan Rogers....
Margaret Thatcher speech at Guildhall (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at the Guildhall in London. Speech contains references to public expenditure, economics, and the miners’ strike. Male...
House of Commons debate on unemployment (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Richard Dallyn reports on the opening of Parliament. Labour leader Neil Kinnock criticises the Conservative leadership over unemployment. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher responds and comments on the...
UK receives EEC rebate (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the £457 million budget rebate paid to the UK by the EEC. Foreign Office Minister, Malcolm Rifkind comments. Male reporter not identified.
Roy Hilton of NACODS on possible industrial action (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a strike action ballot by the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS). NACODS National Officer for the Midlands, Roy Hilton comments. Male reporter not identified.
Miners strike - Policemen injured in picket line violence (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on picket line violence during the miners’ strike. Superintendent Peter Lodge of South Yorkshire Police describes how his officers were confronted with a road-block outside Silverwood Colliery....
NACODS vote for strike action (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the vote for strike action by members of the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS). Includes actuality of the ballot result read out by NACODS General Secretary...
Miners strike - NACODS vote (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the vote by the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS) to support the striking coal miners, and the possibility of action by the Electrical, Electronic,...
Miners strike - Scargill and Knapp on repercussions (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the possible legal outcomes of industrial action by miners, and the unions’ role and position. Includes excerpts of speeches by Arthur Scargill, General Secretary of the National Union of...