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39,247 results found for all records.
Alec McGivan resigns as SDP official (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Alec McGivan on his resignation as a national official of the SDP, as he has been unable to campaign in favour of a merger with the Liberal Party as an impartial official; criticises the tactics used by the...
Ken Livingstone’s controversial maiden speech (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report of Ken Livingstone’s controversial maiden speech (with excerpts), making allegations against the SAS, Captain Robert Nairac and MI5 of murder and running a vice ring in Northern Ireland and that the...
Spycatcher on sale in USA (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher book being sold at John F. Kennedy Airport. US bookseller Donald Stokes on receiving his consignment, sales to British buyers, and media...
Thatcher on arms control negotiations (1987)
- Genre
- Press conference
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaking on her return from the USA. As the Soviet Union is perceived as dragging its feet on arms control negotiations with the USA, she will be in touch with Mikhail...
Michael Heseltine on local government (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Exclusive LBC interview with Conservative MP Michael Heseltine on local government. On the desirability of the local democratic process but not to the point where it frustrates the mandate of national...
Lord Denning on Spycatcher injunction ruling (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with retired Master of the Rolls Lord Denning on former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher memoirs. Disagreeing with the Court of Appeal Law Lords decision to support an injunction...
Peter Preston on Spycatcher injunction ruling (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Guardian Editor Peter Preston’s stupefaction at the decision of the Court of Appeal Law Lords to support an injunction banning newspaper reportage of former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher...
George McKechnie on Spycatcher injunction ruling not affecting Scotland (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Editor of the Glasgow Evening Times, George McKechnie, confirming that the paper will continue to publish evidence in the Peter Wright Spycatcher case in Australia, having sought legal clarification that the...
Interview with Independent editor Andreas Whittam-Smith (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Editor of The Independent, Andreas Whittam-Smith, on the implications of the Appeal Court ruling on former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher memoirs. On the government being able to gag...
George Young on poll tax (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir George Young on his concern, shared by other backbench Conservative MPs, at the government’s plans to levy a community charge (or poll tax). That it makes sense to see how the tax works in Scotland...