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Willie Whitelaw on prison overcrowding (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw to the Prisoners Charity on overcrowding in UK prisons. Includes speech excerpts. Male reporter not identified.
Commons proceedings (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on proceedings in the House of Commons including Speaker George Thomas demanding DUP leader Ian Paisley attend to explain calling Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a traitor and a liar; economics;...
Labour party disagreements (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Labour MP Tony Benn about disagreements in the shadow cabinet over Party policy following the contest for the deputy leadership.
Labour Party dispute (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Allen reports on disagreements in the Labour Party over official policy following the contest for the deputy leadership involving Tony Benn. The second male reporter is not identified.
Labour Party dispute (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Allen reports on disagreements in the Labour Party over official policy following the contest for the deputy leadership involving Tony Benn.
Civil Service department split (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the Conservative Government’s decision to split the Civil Service Department. Includes Parliamentary speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; interview with Baroness Young (Janet Young)....
Thatcher speech on Northern Ireland (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at the Guildhall in London on 16 Nov 1981, featuring her comments that the problems of Northern Ireland will never go...
Northern Ireland question (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate (16/11/81) where the 3 Democratic Unionist MPs- Reverend Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson and John McQuade- were ejected from the House of Commons after disrupting proceedings...
Thatcher Lord Mayor’s banquet speech (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Extracts from a speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at the Guildhall in London on 16 Nov 1981, featuring her comments that the problems of Northern Ireland will never...
John Grant MP, on switch to SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Grant, Labour MP for Islington, on his plans to join the SDP. Female interviewer not identified.