Results
3,214 results found for all records.
General election - controversial Falklands comments (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement by SDP MP and defence spokesman Dr David Owen about controversial comments made by Labour Party deputy leader Denis Healey regarding the conduct of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during the...
General election - Shirley Williams loses Crosby (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press interview with SDP President Shirley Williams on 10/06/83 following her defeat in her Liverpool Crosby constituency during the 1983 General Election.
General Election - Opinion polls (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference; Interview
Peter Spencer reports on the results of the latest opinion polls, a week before the 1983 General Election. Speakers include: Roy Jenkins, Social Democratic Party leader; Cecil Parkinson, Conservative...
General Election - Michael Foot resignation rumours (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Richard Dallyn reports on rumours that Labour leader Michael Foot will resign after the forthcoming 1983 General Election; also on allegations about proposed Conservative privatisation of the National Health...
General Election - Unemployment figures (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the Government’s latest unemployment figures prior to the 1983 General Election. Speakers include: Norman Tebbit, Employment Secretary; Eric Varley, Labour employment spokesman; Shirley Williams,...
General Election - Government spending (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Peter Spencer reports on a leaked Government document showing alleged cuts in welfare provision, prior to the 1983 General Election; also on opinion polls showing a fall in the Labour vote. Speakers include:...
General Election - Government spending (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on a leaked Government document showing alleged cuts in welfare provision, prior to the 1983 General Election; also examines opinion polls showing a fall in the Labour vote. Speakers include: Labour...
General Election - Denis Healey controversy (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Peter Spencer reports on a pre-General Election controversy over remarks made by Labour deputy leader Denis Healey suggesting that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is glorying in slaughter following...
General Election - Denis Healey controversy (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on a pre-General Election controversy over remarks made by Labour deputy leader Denis Healey suggesting that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is glorying in slaughter over Britain’s military success...
General Election - Neil Kinnock controversy (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on a pre-General Election controversy over remarks made by Labour education spokesman Neil Kinnock suggesting that it was a pity that soldiers had had to die in the Falkland Islands to prove Prime...