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Think tank on Foreign Office spending (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ed Boyle reports on the think tank report on the Foreign Office. He looks at the extravagances of the offices and how this needs to change. Includes interviews with MPs Ian Wrigglesworth and John Ryman.
Protracted Parliament session (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ed Boyle reports on a session of Parliament that went on until the next day’s session. Looks at the topics that caused the session to run over: devolution, Europe and inflation.
Ladywood by-election (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report by Ed Boyle on the by-election in Ladywood, Birmingham. It looks at the violence on the day, the victor, the loss of votes on a safe seat for Labour, the National Front’s participation, and the...
Violence at the Ladywood by-election (1977)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview; News report
Report by Ed Boyle on the violence at the by-election in Ladywood, Birmingham. Looks at the violence on the day, and during the announcement of the results and at the violence directed at the National Front....
Reg Prentice leaves Labour for Tories (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ed Boyle reports on Reg Prentice and his career with the Labour Party before resigning in favour of the Conservatives. Includes interviews with Prentice on his reasons and his future.
TUC congress (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Reports, interviews and speeches from the TUC Congress, Blackpool, 09/77. Contributors include Marie Patterson, TUC President; Shirley Goodwin, Health Visitors Association; Betty Harrison, pension...
Right to Work march (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Interview with John Deason, organiser of a march by the Right to Work Campaign. 1,000 people will march (via Kirby, Wigan and Preston) to the TUC Congress in Blackpool, where they will stage a protest...
TUC congress (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Interviews and speeches from the TUC congress, Blackpool, 1977. Contributors include Prime Minister James Callaghan; TUC General Secretary Len Murray; Clive Jenkins, ASTMS; (possibly) Jack Jones, TGWU; ASLEF...
Richard Dobson resignation (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tariq Ali, Editor of the newspaper Socialist Challenge, commenting on British Leyland chairman Sir Richard Dobson’s resignation following the report in his paper on a speech at a dinner in which Dobson...
Reaction to Denis Healey’s budget (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on reaction to Chancellor Denis Healey’s Autumn Budget with comments from Geoffrey Howe (Conservative), Denis Healey and John Pardoe (Liberal). Reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).