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Margaret Thatcher addresses Conservative Central Council conference (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gives a speech at the Conservative Central Council conference, in Cheltenham. She reiterates that she will not be stepping down as prime minister, joking about her job...
Poll tax riots (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on the national rally against the poll tax (community charge) in London and the violence that ensued, with chanting and cheers heard. Speakers are National Secretary of the Anti Poll Tax...
Tories attack Labour over local taxes (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on the Conservative Party efforts to minimise losses to the Labour Party in the local elections by claiming Tory-run councils are charging lower poll tax (community charge). Includes...
Prisoner’s mother makes appeal as Strangeways riot goes into sixth day (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Negotiations continue as the Strangeways Prison riot enters its sixth day. Lillian(?) Taylor, mother of prisoner and alleged ringleader Paul Taylor, does not condone her son’s actions, but speaks of the...
Admiral Poindexter found guilty in Irangate trial (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
There has been a third conviction in the Iran-Contra affair, otherwise known as Irangate. Former US President, Ronald Reagan was a defence witness at the trial of Admiral John Poindexter, where saying, I...
Thatcher pledges funding to help stop drug abuse throughout the world (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Speaking at the World Ministerial Drugs Summit at London’s Queen Elizabeth II Hall, UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced the formation of a taskforce to tackle the growing menace of illicit drugs...
AIDS campaigner Ryan White dies (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Ryan White, an 18 year-old American haemophiliac who contracted AIDS through a contaminated blood transfusion, has died after his five-year fight with the disease. He also had to fight in the courtroom for 9...
Douglas Hurd on Anglo-Soviet relations (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Speaking after meeting his Soviet counterpart, Eduard Sheverdnadze, British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd praises the COC for the part it has played in strengthening Anglo-Soviet relations, working towards...
Strangeways Prison siege - negotiator interviewed (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
As the Strangeways Prison siege enters its tenth day, Ian Lockwood, one of the negotiators, issues a statement. He claims progress has been maintained in a number of areas of the prison, but that inmates...
Four soldiers killed by IRA bomb (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
It has been revealed that there had been intelligence prior to an IRA attack in which four soldiers were killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once again urges the Irish Government to extradite suspects,...