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3,214 results found for all records.
Len Murray on talks with employment minister (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Len Murray, TUC General Secretary, reacts following talks with Employment Secretary, Jim Prior on proposed labour legislation and on its likely effects if it goes ahead.
Virginia Bateman murder (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference featuring a male police spokesman on the case of Virginia Bateman, murdered in Richmond Park, London (08/79). (Ricci Grzybrowski was later charged with this murder and that of Belinda...
Homosexuality and the Church (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the publication of a Board of Social Responsibility report on homosexuality with press conference. Contributors include John Yates, Bishop of Gloucester; Gervase Duffield. Male reporter not...
Knowledge rather than skill in engineering? (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference
Statement about how the British education system is affecting the engineering world, as importance is placed on knowledge rather than practical skill. Male speaker not identified.
Thatcher on EEC rebate (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks about asking for more money (a thousand million pounds) back from the EEC. Taken from press conference after Dublin European Council, 30 Nov 1979.
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of the Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, on the disciplinary action taken by British Leyland against Jack Adams, Len Brindle, Mick Clarke(?) and himself over the...
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of British Leyland’s Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, on this morning’s resolution that the dispute should be declared official. He accuses the media (specifically,...
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of the Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, accuses British Leyland management of telling lies. The pamphlet that ostensibly caused the trouble, says Robinson, simply...
Joe Gormley on miners rejected pay offer (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Two short clips featuring NUM President Joe Gormley: a statement, in which he regrets the National Coal Board’s unsatisfactory response to the wages claim, and calls on union members to vote for industrial...
British Leyland ballot (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on British Leyland’s ballot of its workers on the question of redevelopment. Contains a media statement by a company spokesman, made after the ballot. Also an interview with Eddie McGarry, union...