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State opening of Parliament (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the state opening of Parliament, including the Queen’s Speech which touches on employment, policing, and privatisation. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Spencer).
Report on government spending (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Comment by MPs following a speech by former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on Government moneratist policy. Conservative John MacGregor explains government economic policy. Social Democrat Ian Wrigglesworth...
Neil Kinnock on Militant in the Labour Party (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock says that the Militant Tendency has no place in the Labour Party, and that the party’s reputation cannot be disgraced by such a group. Militant has no formal organisation,...
Parliamenatary debate on policing (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
In his reply to the Queen’s Speech, Labour leader Neil Kinnock attacks Conservative policies on policing. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fights back. Liberal leader David Steel warns that police are...
Neil Kinnock on police and racial attacks (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock calls for a special police squad to be set up to investigate racial attacks and for better use of the police power available. Kinnock met with Sahil Ghani(?) of Waltham Forest,...
Earl of Stockton on privatisation (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the Earl of Stockton, Harold Macmillan’s speech at the Tory Reform Group, saying that the country is virtually bankrupt, and that privatisation will not help, equating it to selling off the...
Margaret Thatcher on economic growth (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Mayor’s Banquet attended by Margaret Tebbit, the wife of Norman Tebbit, who was seriously injured by a terrorist bomb during the 1984 Conservative Party Conference. Prime Minister Margaret...
Norman Tebbit on a permissive society (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit on the problems created by a permissive society. Speaking at the Constitution Club in London, he claims that the 1990s will bring a backlash and a return to...
Gow on Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Conservative MP Ian Gow discusses Northern Ireland and the gaffe made by Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King (who declared that the Irish Prime Minister knew the Anglo-Irish Agreement would never create...
Harrods bombing memorial (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher laying flowers on the memorial to the three police officers who were killed in the Harrods bomb (17/12/83). Sergeant Chris Stanger laid a wreath and talks about his...