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Thatcher talks with Southall community after riots (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on her talks with the Southall community following the riot, in which they stressed their special sensitivities, support for the police, condemnation of...
Thatcher defends policies after Toxteth riots (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher defending Government policies on the economy and unemployment, following the riots in Toxteth, Liverpool.
Harold Macmillan enters No 10 as PM (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Archive speech by Harold Macmillan on entering 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister on 10/01/57, in which he states Britain is still a great country and will remain great.
Harold Macmillan wind of change speech (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract from Conservative UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s Wind of Change speech to the Joint Assembly of the Union Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town on 03/02/60, which signalled his...
Labour deputy leader debate on TV Eye (1981)
- Genre
- Debate; Speech; Jingle; Documentary
Thames Television TV Eye programme featuring a debate between contenders for deputy leader of the Labour Party before an audience of TUC delegates at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Also includes campaign...
Thatcher and Mitterand talks (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference
Terry Dignan reports on the outcome of talks in London between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterand and their respective ministers over joint cooperative projects,...
Michael Foot at nuclear disarmament meeting (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Phil Longman reports on a nuclear disarmament meeting in London, where Labour Party leader Michael Foot shared the platform with veteran campaigners E P Thompson and former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme....
Roy Jenkins at SDP Guildford meeting (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the speech (with excerpts) by SDP leader Roy Jenkins at last evening’s well-attended meeting in Guildford on the potential role of the new SDP-Liberal Alliance in government and breaking of the...
Lord Carrington criticises South Africa (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Excerpt from a speech by UK Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) to the United Nations on 22/09/81, criticising the South African Government for its racial apartheid policies and for its...
SDP conference - David Steel speech (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Liberal Party leader David Steel, at the SDP conference in London, where he criticises the left-wing policies of the Labour Party and describes leader Michael Foot and shadow Home Secretary Roy...