Results
39,247 results found for all records.
General Election - Pre-election campaigns, Week 1 (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Phone-in
Summary (with excerpt) of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s pre-election radio phone-in. Thatcher is not doing well in the polls; neither are the Liberals, who are hoping for a surge in floating voters....
General Election - Rainbow Alliance has a new approach for Britain (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
In the run-up to the General Election, George Weiss outlines the policies of the Rainbow Alliance. Female interviewer not identified.
General Election - Parties attack each other in run-up (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Neil Kinnock attacks the Government over unemployment; Kenneth Clarke attacks Labour and the SDP-Liberal Alliance, and the latter rubbish Labour plans. David Steel and David Owen talk about defence. Neil...
General Election - Attack and counter-attack (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
All the major political parties have published their manifestos in the run-up to the General Election, to take place on 11/06/87. In this report, party leaders extol the virtues of their own policies, and...
General Election - Parties attack each other (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Labour leader Neil Kinnock on unemployment, which he believes is the crucial issue in the General Election; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher makes a speech rallying the troops; Norman Tebbit urges everyone...
General Election - Rainbow Alliance party policies (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rainbow Alliance party chairman George Weiss outlines the party’s manifesto for the 1987 General Election. One of the party’s policies is to take all cash out of circulation; another is to write off all...
General Election - Political backbiting (1987)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview; News report; Press conference
According to the pollsters, the Conservative Party were heading for a landslide victory in the General Election, but now a hung Parliament seems possible. Includes excerpt from 1983 Brian Hayes interview...
General Election - Green Party (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male Green Party candidate in the 1987 General Election. He talks about pre-election pressures, election issues, and the increase in the deposit which has presented the party...
General Election - Alliance defence policy (1987)
- Genre
- Election coverage; News report; Press conference; Speech
A row over defence policy has flared up again in the run-up to the General Election, as the Alliance and the Conservatives argue over nuclear Trident. David Owen, SDP leader, wants to cut Trident and put the...
General Election - Defence policies (1987)
- Genre
- Election coverage; News report; Press conference
Report on the defence policies of the three main parties during campaigning in the 1987 General Election. The speakers include: SDP leader David Owen; George Younger, Defence Secretary; Conservative Party...