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7,185 results found for all records.
Criminal justice system (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the importance of press coverage of cases, in the context of a recent new law affecting the reporting of trials, and with reference to the Thalidomide compensation case. Also examines the backlog...
Police Federation meeting - Whitelaw jeered (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the reception received by Home Secretary, William Whitelaw at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan branch of the Police Federation (20/10/82), after the introduction of a controversial pay...
General election - Parliamentary debate (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Richard Dallyn reports on a debate between Labour Party leader Michael Foot and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Parliament. Foot criticises Thatcher about levels of inflation and unemployment, and over...
General election - Labour manifesto published (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the publication of the Labour Party election manifesto, with its stated main aim being to reduce unemployment to less than a million in five years. Includes excerpt from ITN interview with Prime...
General election - Thatcher rallies workers (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Conservative Party headquarters to rally party workers for the forthcoming general election. Industry Secretary Patrick Jenkin has said an economic recovery is still...
General election - Michael Foot on unemployment (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Labour Party leader Michael Foot, speaking in Oxford, targets Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government for the rise in unemployment. Speaking in London, Thatcher responds by saying that unemployment...
General election - Unemployment as campaign issue (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on unemployment. Labour deputy leader Denis Healey has accused the Thatcher government of sourcing a misleading unemployment report in 1981. Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit discounted the...
General election - Thatcher on prospects (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tells the people of Cornwall that she thinks the Conservatives have a reasonable chance of forming the government again. Labour Party leader Michael Foot talks about his...
General election - Mortimer on Labour manifesto (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s campaign speech of last night, in which she said that the Labour Party manifesto was a suicide note for Britain. Labour’s General Secretary Jim Mortimer...
General election - Thatcher on Labour manifesto (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Speaking in Cardiff, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher attacks the Labour Party’s manifesto, saying that if the British people put their signature on it, it would be a suicide note for the country....