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7,185 results found for all records.
Owen Carron makes victory speech for Bobby Sands (1981)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Speech
Owen Carron, election agent for Bobby Sands, makes a victory speech after the Anti H-Block party won the Fermanagh-South Tyrone By-Election. Sands won the seat despite being on hunger strike in Maze Prison.
Warrington By-Election - Roy Jenkins campaign (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Vox pop
Report on Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Roy Jenkins’s election campaign for the Warrington By-Election. Includes excerpts of a speech made by Jenkins to his supporters, and an interview. Members...
Michael Foot on US-El Salvador relations (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Labour leader Michael Foot accuses US President, Ronald Reagan of supporting terrorism through his actions in El Salvador.
Cuts in foreign aid (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the UK Conservative Government’s cut in foreign aid to developing countries since the publication of the Brandt Commission report, which advocated development of the Third World. Speakers (in the...
Willie Whitelaw on extra police (1981)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Home Secretary, Willam Whitelaw outlines the steps taken by the Conservative Government to build up the Police Force.
Margaret Thatcher visits Scotland (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a visit made by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Scotland, where she spoke about terrorism in Northern Ireland, following the death of Maze Prison hunger striker Bobby Sands MP. (Scottish) male...
Government defence spending debate (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on Government defence spending. Defence Secretary, John Nott, Labour leader Michael Foot and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher take part in a House of Commons debate. Male reporter not identified.
NATO summit - US contribution (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the US contribution made at the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Conference in Rome. US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig gives a speech on points raised. (North American) male reporter not identified.
French Presidential elections (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Election coverage
Peter Spencer reports on the French Presidential election as the contest becomes personal. Features excerpts from speeches (in French) by current President Valery Giscard d’Estaing and his opponent...
French Presidential elections- reaction to Mitterrand victory (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the public reaction to the victory of Francois Mitterrand in the French Presidential elections. Includes excerpt from a speech by Mitterarrand and communist leader Georges Marchais.