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7,185 results found for all records.
Nigel Lawson on trade deficit (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson reads a statement about the growing trade deficit. He says interest rates were raised to keep inflation as low as possible and the UK economy is sound and successful.
Moscow Communist Party conference (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hopes the Communist Party conference in Moscow will accept changes to make perestroika unstoppable (excerpt of speech- through interpreter?). John Alcock reports on whether...
Gorbachev calls for drastic political reform in USSR (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Alcock reports on the speech by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Communist Party conference in Moscow in which he called for further drastic political reforms and better human rights for Soviet...
Case of Wormhoudt massacre reopened (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on the re-opening in Germany of the case into the massacre of UK troops in Wormhoudt by the SS in the Second World War. Includes Commons speech by Armed Forces Minister...
Kinnock attacks Scargill at NUM conference (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Political editor Peter Murphy reports from Great Yarmouth on the speech by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock to the NUM conference following a scathing attack on him by NUM President Arthur Scargill. Includes...
USA shoots down Iranian plane (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
US President Ronald Reagan speaking on his return to Washington defends actions taken by the US guided missile cruiser Vincennes in shooting down a civil Iranian aeroplane and says there is no comparison to...
Reforms to official secrets act (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
The Official Secrets Act is to be reformed so that only information that is related to national security will be covered. Home Secretary Douglas Hurd announces to the Commons the areas to be changed;...
Kensington by-election (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Election coverage
Report on results of the Kensington by-election, won by Conservative, Dudley Fishburn, with a much reduced majority. Includes results being announced and speeches by candidates: Dudley Fishburn; Ann Holmes;...
Parliament debates Sharpeville Six, Greek terrorism and hooliganism (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Spencer reports on mixed Parliamentary debate. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher expresses pleasure the South African government has suspended the execution of the Sharpeville Six protesters sentenced...
Jesse Jackson angry at being left out of Democrat race for President (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Black civil rights activist Jesse Jackson speech hinting he may lead an electorally ruinous black boycott on election day unless presidential candidate Mike Dukakis gives him a part to play in a Democrat run...