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39,247 results found for all records.
Drug prescription price rise (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the debate about prescription charge increases. Health Minister Barney Hayhoe defends the rise from to £2.00 to £2.20 against criticism from Labour Health spokesman Frank Dobson and Labour...
Conservative Party Central Council conference (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Conservative Party Central Council conference, held for non-parliamentary activists, in Felixstowe. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticises those whom she calls the grumblers in the party....
Westland affair - Margaret Thatcher in Panorama interview (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an interview given by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the BBC1 programme, Panorama (broadcast live, 17/02/86). In excerpts from the interview, Thatcher denies that the Westland affair was a...
Paul Channon on British Leyland sell-off (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Industry Secretary Paul Channon is questioned on the British Leyland sell-off, and concerns about the future of the company and its workers. He says that the alternatives are riskier still, and that...
Tony Dubbins and Brenda Dean on NGA and SOGAT 82 ballot results (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Announcement by Tony Dubbins of the result of the National Graphical Association (NGA) ballot held for members employed by News International. Followed by announcement by Brenda Dean, for the Society of...
Arthur Brittenden on new-look Sunday Times (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Arthur Brittenden, spokesman for News International, describes the new-look Sunday Times, with its additional, 24-page fourth section printed at the new Tower Hamlets plant. He expresses his hope that...
Printers’ dispute talks break down (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
In 3 parts. Rupert Murdoch, owner of News International, makes a statement after talks with print unions break down. Brenda Dean of SOGAT 82 thinks the company didn’t really want a settlement, and says...
Sun printers feel fight inevitable (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. John Bailey, spokesman for the Sun newspaper printers) says workers will take Murdoch’s newspaper titles off the street if necessary. They feel they have been shabbily...
TUC urges newspaper boycott (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Mark Mardell reports on electricians’ union leader Eric Hammond’s visit to the Trades Union Congress, during which he was jeered and booed by striking printworkers. Tony Dubbins of the NGA says throwing...
Drivers cross picket lines at Wapping (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Lindsay Taylor reports on lorry drivers’ defiance of transport union TGWU leader Ron Todd as they cross the picket lines at News International’s Wapping plant. Includes news conference statement by Ron...