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Peacock Report on broadcasting (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the Peacock Report about the future of broadcasting, which cost £250,000. The committee rejected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s proposal to introduce advertising on BBC. Includes excerpts...
Edwina Currie implies Glenys Kinnock is real Labour leader (1987)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Edwina Currie, Conservative MP speaking in Parliament implying that Glenys Kinnock, wife of Neil Kinnock, Labour Party Leader, runs the Labour Party.
Herald of Free Enterprise disaster (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the parliamentary debate on the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster, after she sank in the North Sea on 06/03/87; includes excerpt from parliamentary debate with speeches by Transport...
Budget speech (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the main points of the budget speech of UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson. Includes excerpt from speech and response by Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock in the Commons. Male reporter not identified...
Prime Minister’s Question Time (1987)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on Parliamentary proceedings at Prime Minister’s Question Time. Labour MP, Tony Lloyd attacks Margaret Thatcher over the Government’s policies regarding inner city deprivation; Labour leader Neil...
Commons reaction to Enniskillen massacre (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the reaction in the House of Commons after the Enniskillen Remembrance Day massacre including speeches by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on need for improved...
Polytechnics’ land to be protected (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on Secretary of State for Education and Science, Kenneth Bakerâs announcement to introduce special measures to control education authorities who might sell off polytechnics’ land; including...
Ken Livingstone’s controversial maiden speech (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report of Ken Livingstone’s controversial maiden speech (with excerpts), making allegations against the SAS, Captain Robert Nairac and MI5 of murder and running a vice ring in Northern Ireland and that the...
Local Government Bill debate (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the debate in the Commons on the new Local Government Bill. Speeches on various aspects from Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley in debate with Labour’s Jack Cunningham; also Bernie Grant,...
Parliament debates Cleveland child abuse cases (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a parliamentary debate relating to the Cleveland child abuse scandal, where 121 cases of suspected child sexual abuse were (possibly mis-) diagnosed by Dr Marietta Higgs and Dr Geoffrey Wyatt,...