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7,185 results found for all records.
Labour conference- support for leaders (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Richard Bestic reports on the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool and on a vote giving support to the leadership team of Neil Kinnock and Roy Hattersley with Tony Benn’s bid defeated. Includes speech by...
1988 Olympic Games - scandal and success (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
John Anderson reflects on the scandals and successes of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Commentary of the men’s 100 metres in which Canadian, Ben Johnson beat Carl Lewis and Linford Christie...
Conservative conference - economics, crime and benefit fraud (1988)
- Genre
- Debate; News report; Speech
At the Conservative Party conference in Brighton, Energy Secretary, Cecil Parkinson announces that the coal industry will be privatised if the Tories are re-elected. In his law and order debate, Home...
US presidential election debate - Candidates’ closing speeches (1988)
- Genre
- Speech; Debate
Democrat and Republican candidates for the presidential election, Michael Dukakis and George Bush, deliver their closing remarks of the final televised debate of the election campaign. They touch on the...
Ian Smith on South Africa sporting boycott (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Zimbabwean Leader of the Opposition, Ian Smith has described the sporting boycott of South Africa as a violation of the UN Convention and has attacked political leaders who he said were using the boycott for...
Princess Diana on family values (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Princess Diana has been President of the charity, Barnardo’s for four years and speaking at the annual meeting in London she stresses the importance of traditional family values, a sentiment echoed by both...
IRA censorship - Parliamentary debate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
The British Government has banned IRA sympathisers - including legitimate political parties such as the Ulster Defence Association and Sinn Fein - from speaking on television or radio in Britain, and Sinn...
Conservative conference - Margaret Thatcher speech (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher’s speech closes the Conservative Party conference in Brighton. In it, she pledges her support for her Chancellor, Nigel Lawson and touches upon inflation, the SAS soldiers...
Black South African leaders leave refuge (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nigel Wrench reports from Johannesburg in South Africa as 3 black political leaders who took refuge in the US consulate five weeks ago walked out and possibilities of their re-arrest due to upcoming...
Broadcast ban for terrorist organisations (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Des Fahy reports on the announcement in Parliament that as from this afternoon that prescribed organisations in Northern Ireland are being banned from British radio and television. Organisations will include...