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Mirror Group pension scandal (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on the Mirror Group pension scandal. The late Robert Maxwell’s sons, Kevin and Ian Maxwell, are to be asked to appear before a House of Commons social security select committee over the...
Maastricht treaty summit outcome (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Extracts from a press conference featuring UK Prime Minister John Major, at the end of the Maastricht summit in The Netherlands. The Prime Minister says he has secured a good deal for the United Kingdom. In...
Call for an interim government for South Africa (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Unidentified male speaker at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa in Johannesburg stating that the incumbent government is unsuited to the task of overseeing the transition from apartheid to...
Abolishing poll tax (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Des Fahy reports for LBC Newstalk on the Commons debate over legislation to abolish the poll tax (community charge), including the govenment’s refusal to apologise for the scheme, and on the replacement...
Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Russian speech in translation paying respect to President Mikhail Gorbachev for having resigned as the Soviet Union breaks up and rejecting the tradition where leaders are considered criminals for continuing...
Terry Waite on determination to continue his envoy work (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Freed Beirut hostage and Church of England envoy Terry Waite stating the experience has renewed his energy to continue his work of relieving suffering and promoting justice.
Mikhail Gorbachev resignation speech (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Almost the entirety of President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation speech, with the voice of an interpreter, as the Soviet Union breaks up and is replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States. Gorbachev...
Mikhail Gorbachev resignation announcement (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
President Mikhail Gorbachev announcing and giving reasons for his resignation (part of his resignation speech), with the voice of an interpreter, as the Soviet Union breaks up and is replaced by the...
Queen’s Christmas message on recent world changes (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
The Queen’s Christmas message to the Commonwealth, in which she reflects on changes in the world since her first broadcast in 1952 and what the free world now has to offer to the former Soviet Union and...
Bush televised address after Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract from US President George H. W. Bush’s televised address from the White House today, following Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Bush states the US applauds and supports the choice...