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Neil Kinnock on nuclear weapons and defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Labour leader Neil Kinnock has fiercely defended the party’s abandonment of unilateral nuclear disarmament, and called on his left-wing critics to back the change. In his first speech since the...
George Bush closes on Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
President George Bush’s announcement that he is boosting the US garrison in Panama by 2000 extra combat troops sent dictator Manuel Noriega and his military commanders into a flurry of meetings and...
Margaret Thatcher criticises Labour defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has torn into Labour’s defence policy, denouncing it before fifteen thousand Tory supporters at the Scottish Conservative Conference in Perth last night. The Tories are...
George Bush on US-Soviet relations (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President, George Bush has challenged the Soviet Union to tear down the Iron Curtain. In a major speech outlining his new administration’s foreign policy, Bush also said he wants more openness in...
Mikhail Gorbachev visits London (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
At the Guildhall in London, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is welcomed by the British in a speech which commends the Soviet Union on its many achievements and its strength. Gorbachev responds with a...
Doctors refuse to co-operate with NHS reforms (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Tim Knight reports on a vote by doctors to boycott the Government’s NHS reforms (proposed by Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke) unless negotiations are reopened. In a mood of bitterness and anger the BMA...
Increase in drug and alcohol abuse in UK (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Alison Jack reports on concerns about the increasing number of young people suffering from drug and alcohol abuse. Drinking in the UK has doubled in the last 20 years with £20billion a year now spent on...
China halts CNN coverage (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Hannah O’Sullivan reports on restrictions on student political protests in Beijing. The Chinese government has attempted to curb the movement for democracy by declaring martial law and a news blackout this...
White House spokesman in Gorbachev insult row (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington DC, where French President Francois Mitterrand has caused controversy by publicly rebuking US President, George H. W. Bush’s chief spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater, for...
Margaret Thatcher speech to Tory women’s conference (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on a speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Conservative women’s conference at the Central Hall, Westminster, London (with excerpts). She defends her...