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Thatcher gives Airey Neave Memorial Lecture (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher giving the Airey Neave Memorial Lecture on 03/03/80 at the Friends Meeting House in Central London. The speech examines various subjects including the role of...
Thatcher on action after Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1980)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on the controversial supply of EEC subsidised food such as butter and sugar to the Soviet Union, despite that country’s invasion of Afghanistan, and the need for...
Tory Bournemouth conference (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on speeches (with excerpts) on 22/03/80 at a meeting of the Conservative Party Central Council in Bournemouth by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher where she defends the Government’s monetarist...
Thatcher in Birmingham on economy and wages (1980)
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- Speech
Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 21/04/80 at a meeting of the Birmingham Chamber of Industry and Commerce at the Metropole Hotel in Birmingham. She defends the Government’s monetarist economic...
MPs salary increase (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a House of Commons debate on 07/07/80 on the recommendations of the Top Salaries Review Body and on levels of salary increases for MPs. Speaking are: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Labour...
Ian Paisley criticises Haughey (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Eamonn Mallie reports on a speech (with excerpts) by Democratic Unionist (DUP) leader Reverend Dr Ian Paisley to the DUP’s annual dinner in County Antrim, where he criticises Irish premier Charles Haughey...
James Callaghan on Conservative economic policy (1980)
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- Speech
Speech by Labour Party leader and former UK Prime Minister James Callaghan on the Conservative Government’s economic policy and the decline in British industry. In 2 parts.
Tony Benn on Tory government’s foreign and defence policy (1980)
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- Speech
Speech by Labour MP Tony Benn advocating a radical change in the Conservative Government’s defence and foreign policy. Location and audience not given.
Denis Healey on Tory government economic policy (1980)
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- Speech
Speech by former UK Chancellor Denis Healey where he criticises the Conservative Government’s economic policies and says the only way to change them is for the Labour Party to win all elections and gain...
Jim Prior on trade union reforms (1980)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Employment Secretary Jim Prior urging trade unions to accept the terms of the Conservative Government’s proposed employment legislation. In 2 parts.