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Lords debate on railways (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a House of Lords debate on the future of the railways in Britain following publication of the Serpell Report. Speaking are: Lord Marsh (Richard Marsh); Lord Ezra (Derek Ezra); Bishop of Durham...
Commons on unemployment, Ian MacGregor, nuclear warfare (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on Parliamentary reaction to the March unemployment figures, rumoured appointment of Ian MacGregor as head of the National Coal Board (NCB), and to a BMA report on effects of nuclear...
Scottish Labour conference (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the proceedings of the sixty-eighth Scottish Labour Party conference in Perth with party unity a key issue. Includes speeches by: Tom Smith, NUPE; Joe Devine, COHSE; Norman Buchan MP; Gordon Brown,...
Roy Jenkins on SDP election chances (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by SDP leader Roy Jenkins to the SDP-Liberal Alliance Welsh Consultative about the party’s chances in the forthcoming general election.
Michael Foot on nuclear deterrent (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Labour Party leader Michael Foot, during campaigning for the Bermondsey by-election, criticising the Conservative Government’s defence policy based on the notion of a nuclear deterrent.
National Sound Archive (1983)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music; News report; Special; Speech
Special report examining the function, history, and future of the National Sound Archive in Kensington, West London. Includes archive recordings including: elephant seals; Arthur Conan Doyle; Paul...
Car and shipbuilding disputes (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a strike at British Leyland’s Cowley plant and a settlement at the Ford Halewood factory agreed between unions and management via ACAS. Also report from a British Shipbuilders dispute in...
Arthur Scargill on pensioners (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by NUM President Arthur Scargill at a miners’ rally in Bradford where he attacks the Conservative Government over their policies towards pensioners and the elderly. Poor quality audio.
Margaret Thatcher speech to CBI (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Richard Dallyn reports on a speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the CBI dinner at the Hilton Hotel in London, where she refuses to confirm the date of the next general election and speaks of...
Denis Healey on Thatcher and her policies (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech (with excerpts) at the Welsh TUC conference by Labour Party deputy leader Denis Healey where he attacks Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Government’s policies prior to a possible...