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Margaret Thatcher’s former landlord on his tenant (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
On the day of Margaret Thatcher’s tenth anniversary in power, her former landlord has revealed that the Prime Minister was once stopped for speeding, and that she did not like washing up. Margaret...
Panama election violence (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Panama’s dictator, General Noriega has defied the vote of his people and declared this week’s elections null and void. Steven Norris MP, who observed the poll, says it is a shameless snub to...
Jo Richardson interview (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Jo Richardson talks to Steve Jones about her life and political career.
Joan Ruddock on her campaign to destroy Britain’s nuclear defence (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour finally looks set to dump its non-nuclear defence policy. The party’s long-awaited policy review, out tomorrow, is expected to call for Britain’s nuclear weapons to be negotiated away, rather...
Risley Remand Centre returns 300 prisoners to cells (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Prison officers at the Risley Remand Centre in Warrington, Cheshire are threatening to take industrial action following last week’s riots. They are angry at the decision by the authorities to move more...
George Younger on Labour’s defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Already there are signs of a split in Labour’s ranks over defence and the abandonment of the traditional unilateral stance. But Defence Secretary, George Younger says Labour’s new policy remains...
Labour Party NEC discusses defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Labour’s ruling National Executive has been meeting for the last 5 hours, discussing its most dramatic ever change in direction, designed to put the party back on the road to government. Over the next...
Woman gang raped and beaten in Central Park (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
A huge police and security operation has been mounted in New York’s Central Park in the wake of an attack on a young woman jogger who was gang raped and left for dead. The attack, which made headlines...
Andrew Hall on Winston Silcott’s LSE resignation (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Convicted murderer Winston Silcott has officially resigned his controversial post of Honorary President of the London School of Economics Students’ Union. Silcott was one of four men found guilty of the...
Winston Silcott’s honorary presidency of LSE Students’ Union (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Convicted murderer Winston Silcott’s brother George says his family were pleased about London School of Economics students electing Winston as Honorary President of their union. Female interviewer not...