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39,247 results found for all records.
Neil Kinnock on Militant Tendency (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock says he is confident that the hearings in connection with purging Militant Tendency members from Liverpool City Council can now go ahead without difficulty. (Interview follows the...
Neil Kinnock on sanctions against South Africa (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock criticises Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s stand on sanctions against South Africa, and comments on Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe’s diplomatic trip to Southern...
Neil Kinnock on South Africa sanctions (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on the Conservative Party’s stance on South Africa. Kinnock says Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will not change her mind about applying economic sanctions. On the...
Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election (1986)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview
Llinos (Llin) Golding has won the Staffordshire seat of Newcastle-under-Lyme for Labour in the by-election (17/07/86). She has replaced her husband, John Golding; both are interviewed on the victory. Male...
Patrick Jenkin to step down at next election (1986)
- Genre
- News report
Report looking back at the political career and achievements of Conservative MP, Patrick Jenkin, who has announced that he will step down at the next election. Jenkin, MP for Wanstead and Woodford, was...
SDP arts proposals (1986)
- Genre
- Drama; Interview
Two items. A short comedy sketch on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) launching its green paper on the arts and copyright law (performers unknown - poss. Bird and Fortune?). Followed by SDP leader David Owen...
Norman Tebbit on Conservative reshuffle (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative Party Chairman, Norman Tebbit on the reshuffle at Central Office, and the roles of Peter Morrison (Deputy Conservative Party Chairman) and others. Male interviewer not identified.
Edwina Currie to improve women’s health (1986)
- Genre
- Press conference
Edwina Currie, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, on her campaign to improve women’s health. She calls for better and more joined-up services in childbirth, gynaecology, contraception and...
SDP-Liberal Alliance defence policy (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
SDP-Liberal Alliance leaders David Steel and David Owen on their new defence policy of a limited nuclear deterrent. They say a non-nuclear policy as previously subscribed to is not realistic but they are...
Protest over Knowsley North by-election (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a protest by four women who chained themselves to the railings outside a Labour Party NEC meeting in protest against moves to impose a moderate candidate in the Knowsley North by-election. Includes...