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7,185 results found for all records.
General election - Nigel Lawson speech to CBI (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Chancellor Nigel Lawson’s speech to the CBI at the Hilton Hotel. In excerpts, Lawson talks about the economy, inflation and unemployment from a positive angle, and says that the country is now in...
General election - Conservative candidates meet (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the meeting of Conservative parliamentary candidates at Westminster, where they were addressed by Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and warned of the...
General election - Margaret Thatcher speech (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher makes a speech in which she lists what she regards as Tory achievements - low inflation, mortgage interest relief, the right of trade unionists to vote in their unions, the...
General election - Margaret Thatcher on defence (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on defence. She underlines her commitment to Trident as an independent nuclear deterrent, and says that of all the political parties, only the Conservatives have the resolve...
Ernest Saunderâs resignation from Guinness (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the resignation of Ernest Saunders, former Chief Executive of Guinness, following scandal over inquiry into Guinness share-trading fraud; including Brian Baldock, company spokesman, reading Ernest...
Police priorities and neighbourhood watch (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
Police Commissioner (possibly Terry Lewis) speaking on public crime concerns and where police priorities should lie; the work of the anti-terrorist and special branch and neighbourhood watch schemes.
Violence flares at Wapping dispute anniversary (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report from the one year anniversary picket line at Wapping against News International with speeches from actor Tom Watt and NUPE leader Rodney Bickerstaffe; report on outbreak of violence and reaction to...
Football hooliganism police raids (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the largest ever police operation to tackle football hooliganism by raiding addresses of known hooligans; with Superintendent Tony Humber briefing police officers and interviewed on the people...
George Younger visits the Falklands (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on visit of UK Defence Secretary George Younger to the Falkland Islands and fears over reduction in British troops and building up of forces in Argentina. Includes briefing of Younger on the...
US citizens ordered to leave the Lebanon (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the USA telling its nationals in the Lebanon they have 30 days to leave the country, due to the dangers of terrorism and kidnapping in the country. And on US warships moving towards the Lebanon....