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39,247 results found for all records.
Miners strike - Opposition allegations against Government (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative Chairman John Gummer, on the upcoming European elections and the Opposition’s attempts to unsettle the Government over their stance and involvement in the miners’ strike. Male...
GLC abolition (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative London Paddington MP John Wheeler, about a Parliamentary defeat for the Government over part of its plans to abolish the GLC. Male interviewer not identified.
Male chauvinism in UK politics (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP John Biggs-Davison, on the institutionalised male chauvinism in British politics, and the criticism facing the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from within the Conservative...
Geoffrey Howe to visit Moscow (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe on the Government’s attempts to improve East West relations and why he is going to Moscow. Male interviewer not identified.
Health service privatisation (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the pressure for the privatisation of the health services especially the cleaning of hospitals from companies who might gain the contracts, many of whom have Conservative MPs on their boards....
Geoffrey Howe in Moscow (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
David Spanier reports on the Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe official visit to the Soviet Union, for talks about the United States SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative or Star Wars project) and the West’s...
Held flight arrives from Lagos airport (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Sue Maskell reports on the passengers who had been stranded at Lagos airport, Nigeria, for two days, arriving back in the UK at Gatwick Airport. Includes comment from passenger Christopher Ralph; ground...
List of Propaganda Due members (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Phone interview with Larry Gurwin, author of a book entitled The Calvi Affair, on a report about the list of members of the Masonic lodge Propaganda Due, found in the offices of Italian financier Licio Gelli...
GLC member arrested (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the arrest of Bill Bush, head of the Labour Party Secretariat at the GLC, for allegedly stealing a Cabinet document relating to plans for the ILEA after abolition of the GLC. Includes interviews...
Lady Shirley Porter’s anti-GLC campaign (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Lady Shirley Porter, leader of Westminster City Council’s, anti-GLC campaign. Includes interview with Shirley Porter. Female reporter not identified (poss. Jo Andrews).