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Labour conference- Kinnock attacks left-wing (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on reaction to leader Neil Kinnock’s keynote speech on 03/10/85 at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth where he attacked the left-wing Liverpool City Council and Militant Tendency. Includes...
Labour conference - debate on economy (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a debate on the economy in 10/85 at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth with speeches by trade unions leaders. With speeches from Ron Todd, TGWU; Rodney Bickerstaffe, NUPE; Alan Tuffin, UCW;...
Labour conference - Ken Livingstone speech (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by GLC leader Ken Livingstone, at a Tribune rally at the Labour Party conference in 10/85 in Bournemouth where he defends party leader Neil Kinnock. Includes excerpts from Ken...
Idi Amin on his exile in Saudi Arabia (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an interview with former President of Uganda, Idi Amin, during his exile in Saudi Arabia, six years after he fled his country after a political coup. Includes extracts, in which Amin speaks of his...
KGB agent Yurchenko defection (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on the denial by top KGB agent Vitaly Yurchenko at a press conference at the Soviet Embassy in Washington that he had defected to the USA. Includes excerpts, with Yurchenko (through interpreter)...
Rajiv Gandhi visit to UK (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Special
Report looking back on Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s first visit to Britain and his concern Britain is harbouring militant Sikh terrorists. Includes extracts from a press conference by Gandhi on the...
Reagan’s reaction to Soviet arms control proposals (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s reaction to Soviet arms control proposals, including the offer to reduce the number of Soviet SS-20 nuclear missiles deployed in Europe, and to...
US intercepts hijackers plane (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Andrew Manderstam reports on US reaction and President Ronald Reagan’s press conference following US interception of the Egyptian plane carrying the PLO hijackers of the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro...
South Africa by-elections results (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the South Africa by-elections with the gaining of the first Parliamentary seat for the right-wing Herstigte National Party (by Louis Stofberg), which rejects granting of political rights to the...
Tutu meeting with Kinnock on apartheid (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the meeting between Bishop Desmond Tutu and Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on apartheid in South Africa. Includes Tutu and Kinnock calling on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British...