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Stormont siege ended by police (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on a siege at Stormont being ended by police after they stormed the building, physically ejecting the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Includes interview with Jim Wells, on what happened;...
Loyalist march on Hillsborough (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a march by 4,000 masked and armed Loyalists, led by Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley, into Hillsborough, to the castle where the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed. Northern Ireland...
Violence at Portadown march (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from the scene of a Portadown Orangemen’s march, with shouting heard as marchers attempt to break through a police barrier and violence breaks out. Includes interview with an angry Chairman of the...
Last working day of GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on the final working day of the Greater London Council, which is being disbanded. Includes interviews with GLC leader Ken Livingstone, on the work being spread to other organisations, and...
Abolition of GLC (1986)
- Genre
- News report
Rodney Bennett reports on celebrations marking the disbanding of the Greater London Council as Big Ben strikes midnight.
Abolition of GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports from the members’ terrace at County Hall as the Greater London Council is abolished. Includes Chairman, Tony Banks delivering a speech as he lowers the flag, claiming the occasion is...
Ken Livingstone on abolition of GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News report
Former Greater London Council leader Ken Livingstone - interviewed the morning after the council’s abolition - on its demise, his feelings, his radical politics, his views on Prime Minister Margaret...
Responses to GLC abolition (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report by Elena Curti from the members’ terrace of County Hall on reaction to the abolition of the Greater London Council, as the flag is lowered. Includes reaction from Conservative group leader Alan...
Remembering the GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on a service of thanksgiving for the Greater London Council (abolished 31/03/86). Includes excerpt of a sermon by the Dean of Westminster, the Reverend Edward Carpenter, in which he says...
Militant members walk out on disciplinary hearing (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on a disciplinary meeting of the Labour Party National Executive Committee being abandoned after seven of the twelve Liverpool Militant Tendency members being interrogated walked out. Eric Heffer...