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39,247 results found for all records.
General election - Unemployment as campaign issue (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on unemployment. Labour deputy leader Denis Healey has accused the Thatcher government of sourcing a misleading unemployment report in 1981. Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit discounted the...
General election - Inflation, prices, jobs (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe has said there is no reason to expect inflation figures to go up this year. Labour leader Denis Healey is sceptical about the forecast, saying that there is no inflation in a...
General election - Thatcher on cost of living (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher goes shopping in the supermarket and chats with pensioners. She tells reporters that food prices went up by 122 percent towards the end of the Labour Government but remained...
General election - Thatcher on prospects (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tells the people of Cornwall that she thinks the Conservatives have a reasonable chance of forming the government again. Labour Party leader Michael Foot talks about his...
General election - Mortimer on Labour manifesto (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s campaign speech of last night, in which she said that the Labour Party manifesto was a suicide note for Britain. Labour’s General Secretary Jim Mortimer...
General election - Thatcher on Labour manifesto (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Speaking in Cardiff, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher attacks the Labour Party’s manifesto, saying that if the British people put their signature on it, it would be a suicide note for the country....
General election - Michael Foot on party unity (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on alleged rifts within the Labour Party. Michael Foot denies reports of a rift with party deputy Denis Healey. Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine claims that Labour’s non-nuclear defence policy is...
General election - Media coverage (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Satirical report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s announcement of the next general election, and journalists’ attempts to cover it. Includes vox pop with American tourists and passers by in London....
General election - Party leaders on prospects (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the various political parties’ chances of success in the next general election. Includes interviews with and comment from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (interviewed by Peter Allen); Labour...
General election - Question time (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Following the announcement of the next general election, Labour leader Michael Foot, speaking in Prime Minister’s Question Time, accuses Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of dragging her feet, an accusation...