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US arms control proposal to USSR (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s announcement that a new US nuclear arms control proposal will be put to the USSR at the Geneva summit with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in...
Conservative conference - First day (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the first day of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool including new Party Chairman Norman Tebbit speaking one year on from the IRA bombing in Brighton. Includes extracts from Tebbit’s...
Conservative conference - First day (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the first day of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool including Housing Minister John Patten speaking about the problems of rates (local taxes); new Party Chairman Norman Tebbit on the...
Conservative conference - Finance debate (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool looking at the debate over Chancellor Nigel Lawson’s economic policies and need to reduce unemployment to improve Tory election chances. With...
Norman Tebbit interview on Weekend World (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Norman Tebbit’s new role as Chairman of the Conservative Party ahead of his first Party conference in Blackpool. Includes Tebbit interview on LWT television programme Weekend World with Brian...
Conservative conference - Trade union debate (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Murphy reports on the last morning of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. With speeches by: transport union member Lesley Fields on the miners’ strike; Employment Minister Kenneth Clarke...
Conservative conference - Thatcher keynote speech (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Murphy reports on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech on the last day of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. With speech excerpts on the SDP-Liberal Alliance, the Labour Party,...
Conservative conference - Review of proceedings (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the end of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, looking at the new Party Chairman Norman Tebbit (speech excerpt); attacks on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock - several speakers, not...
Ronald Reagan at 40th anniversary of UN General Assembly (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Speech by US President Ronald Reagan to mark the 40th anniversary of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. He speaks about his vision for the future, the differences between East and West,...
Birmingham Six case (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on new evidence suggesting that the Birmingham Six (Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph (Paddy Joe) Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William (Billy) Power and John Walker), sentenced to life for the...