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Thatcher on water privitisation (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
UK Prime Minister Thatcher admitted for the first time that the government has been losing the propaganda war on water privatisation in a speech at a local government conference (speech excerpts heard)....
Iranian expulsions follow issuing of fatwa (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Spencer reports on worsening of Anglo-Iranian relations following the fatwa issued to Salman Rushdie over his book The Satanic Verses.Tehran has severed diplomatic relations and now Foreign Secretary...
Thatcher attacks Ridley (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Kevin Murphy reports on 2 rebukes of Environment Minister Nicholas Ridley by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over a wrong briefing for the amount intended for the UN environmental programme, and his...
P.W. Botha returns to work after stroke (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Sean Johnson reports from South Africa on South African President, P.W. Botha returning to office after suffering a stroke; the power struggle between Botha and his possible replacement, F.W. De Klerk; the...
Chancellor’s budget speech (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on the Chancellor Nigel Lawson’s budget speech (with excerpts) and its contents including incentives to use lead-free petrol and reduction in National Insurance contributions from...
Neil Kinnock attacks Channel Tunnel rail links (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Jeff Zycinski reports on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s speech at Labour’s Scottish conference in Inverness (with excerpts) on the government’s lack of thought on the rail link to the Channel...
P. W. Botha says he will not resign (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Sean Johnson reports from Johannesburg on South Africa’s President P.W. Botha’s speech - he says he is fine to carry on running the country; and the National Party’s decision they do not want him to...
Silent campaign for Central America (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the launch of the Silent campaign for Central America by charity War on Want at Brides Church, Fleet Street (bells heard tolling). Spokesman Daryl Upsall explains the campaign to get the voices of...
Neil Kinnock on Labour’s economic strategy for the 1990s (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Labour leader Neil Kinnock, recorded in Nottingham as he gives a speech on Labour’s economic strategy for the 1990s, with a call for direct government expenditure to boost business.
Ted Heath attacks Margaret Thatcher’s leadership (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Former Conservative prime minister, Ted Heath has accused the Government of failing on all fronts: there are many unfinished motorways, the airports are overcrowded, housing demand is not being met, and...