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  • Labour conference - policing debate (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a debate on 30/09/85 at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth on the issue of policing and complaints procedure, following riots in Brixton after a woman called Cherry Groce was shot and...

  • Labour conference - Scargill interview (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with NUM President, Arthur Scargill, on a debate on 30/09/85 at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth regarding the issue of a refund for miners to cover legal costs incurred during the pit...

  • Labour conference- Kinnock attacks left-wing (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech

    Report on reaction to leader Neil Kinnock’s keynote speech on 03/10/85 at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth where he attacked the left-wing Liverpool City Council and Militant Tendency. Includes...

  • Labour conference - Prescott on unemployment figures (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with John Prescott, Labour Party employment spokesman, at the Party conference in Bournemouth in 10/85 criticising the policies of the Conservative Party following a rise in the unemployment...

  • Norman Fowler on unemployment (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Norman Fowler, Social Services Secretary, in 10/85 following a rise in the unemployment figures. Male reporter not identified.

  • British executives’ salaries (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with male spokesman (not identified) following the publication of a new survey from management consultants, Inbucon, which shows the average net salary of managers rose by 9.7 per cent in the past...

  • Labour conference - debate on economy (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a debate on the economy in 10/85 at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth with speeches by trade unions leaders. With speeches from Ron Todd, TGWU; Rodney Bickerstaffe, NUPE; Alan Tuffin, UCW;...

  • Labour conference - Ken Livingstone speech (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a speech by GLC leader Ken Livingstone, at a Tribune rally at the Labour Party conference in 10/85 in Bournemouth where he defends party leader Neil Kinnock. Includes excerpts from Ken...

  • Idi Amin on his exile in Saudi Arabia (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on an interview with former President of Uganda, Idi Amin, during his exile in Saudi Arabia, six years after he fled his country after a political coup. Includes extracts, in which Amin speaks of his...

  • KGB agent Yurchenko defection (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Interview

    Report on the denial by top KGB agent Vitaly Yurchenko at a press conference at the Soviet Embassy in Washington that he had defected to the USA. Includes excerpts, with Yurchenko (through interpreter)...