Results
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General Election - Political backbiting (1987)
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- Election coverage; Interview; News report; Press conference
According to the pollsters, the Conservative Party were heading for a landslide victory in the General Election, but now a hung Parliament seems possible. Includes excerpt from 1983 Brian Hayes interview...
General Election - Alliance defence policy (1987)
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- Election coverage; News report; Press conference; Speech
A row over defence policy has flared up again in the run-up to the General Election, as the Alliance and the Conservatives argue over nuclear Trident. David Owen, SDP leader, wants to cut Trident and put the...
General Election - Defence policies (1987)
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- Election coverage; News report; Press conference
Report on the defence policies of the three main parties during campaigning in the 1987 General Election. The speakers include: SDP leader David Owen; George Younger, Defence Secretary; Conservative Party...
General Election - David Steel on unemployment (1987)
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- News report; Speech; Vox pop
In a Glasgow shopping centre, David Steel makes a speech focusing on unemployment. Single parent, Jean Taylor tells him her life is a struggle; another, male, shopper asks him about tactical voting; a small...
General Election - Campaigning (1987)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
In the run-up to the General Election, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spells out Conservative policies; Liberal leader David Steel calls for proportional representation; SDP leader David Owen criticises...
General Election - Labour and Liberals attack Thatcher style of government (1987)
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- News report; Speech
As the first week of the General Election campaign draws to a close, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher defends Government education proposals for independent trusts for schools. Bryan Gould, Labour campaign...
General Election - Party leaders on tour (1987)
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- News report; Speech
The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, is in the East Midlands, Labour leader Neil Kinnock is in Scotland, and the two Davids have split up to cover Manchester and the Home Counties. SDP leader David Owen...
General Election - Campaigning (1987)
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- News report; Speech
Davis Steel of the SDP-Liberal Alliance attacks Labour over the Militant Tendency. Home Secretary Douglas Hurd attacks Labour law and order policy over its political control of the police; Labour spokesman...
General Election - Hurd and Kaufman at odds (1987)
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- Election coverage; News report; Press conference; Speech
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd attacks Labour for their political inference in police matters; Labourâs Gerald Kaufman disputes this. Hurd says Conservative policies will result in crime figures falling....
General election - Polls swing from Alliance to Labour (1987)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the 1987 General Election party campaigns and an increase in poll ratings for the Labour Party at the expense of the SDP-Liberal Party Alliance. Includes interview excerpts and speeches from Neil...