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French anti-Thatcher pop song and English response (1986)
- Genre
- Music; News report
Report on a controversial French pop song written about UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Includes an English song composed in response, commissioned by IRN from Instant Sunshine: Jeremy Nicholas’s...
Neil Kinnock on keeping Land Rover British (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the bid by Land Rover’s management to take over the company. Labour leader Neil Kinnock supports the move, although he says he would prefer the company to remain a state asset. Male reporter not...
Lloyds left out of Financial Services Bill (1986)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Lloyds has been left out of the Financial Services Bill, leaving the company to police itself. Report on a House of Commons debate on the issue, with contributions from: Conservative MP, Patrick Jenkin;...
Paul Channon defends possible sale of BL truck division to General Motors (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the possible sale of British Leyland’s Commercial Vehicles Division to General Motors. Industry Secretary Paul Channon is challenged in the House of Commons by his Labour shadow, John Smith....
British Leyland sell-off proposals (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on Government-backed proposals to sell off a large part of the British motor industry, and Labour and Conservative backbench responses to them. Industry Secretary, Paul Channon defends the proposals...
Paul Channon on British Leyland sell-off (1986)
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- News report; Speech
Report on bids for the Leyland motor companies. Industry Secretary Paul Channon, speaking in the House of Commons, names more potential buyers for British Leyland companies. Labour Trade spokesman John Smith...
British Leyland sell-off deadline (1986)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the sale of the Leyland motor companies. Michael Heseltine MP urges Industry Secretary Paul Channon to allow more time for decision-making on the British Leyland sell-off. Labour Trade and Industry...
Drug prescription price rise (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the debate about prescription charge increases. Health Minister Barney Hayhoe defends the rise from to £2.00 to £2.20 against criticism from Labour Health spokesman Frank Dobson and Labour...
Conservative Party Central Council conference (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Conservative Party Central Council conference, held for non-parliamentary activists, in Felixstowe. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticises those whom she calls the grumblers in the party....
Westland affair - Margaret Thatcher in Panorama interview (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an interview given by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the BBC1 programme, Panorama (broadcast live, 17/02/86). In excerpts from the interview, Thatcher denies that the Westland affair was a...