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Desmond Tutu speech at Cape Town demonstration (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, at a demonstration in Cape Town against the killing by South African police of twenty-three people during a parliamentary election that excluded black South Africans from...
SLD conference-Lord Jenkins speech (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports from the Social and Liberal Democrats conference in Brighton where Lord Jenkins (formerly Roy Jenkins), the founding father of the SDP and now leader of the SLD in the House of Lords,...
SLD conference-finance speeches (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports from the Social and Liberal Democrats conference in Brighton, following the party’s poor showing in the recent European elections. In his speech, treasurer Dick Newby gave a blunt...
British [Science?] Association conference (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
John Allen, IRN science correspondent, interviews the chairman of the British [Science?] Association, Malcolm Frazer(?), in Sheffield, prior to the Association’s annual meeting. The conference is the...
Former president Reagan has brain operation (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from the United States where surgeons have successfully operated on former US President Ronald Reagan to remove fluid from his brain, believed to be a direct result of a riding accident...
John Major on drugs war (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Foreign Secretary, John Major, in Washington DC, about the international drugs crisis. Major says Britain is in the process of putting the finishing touches to an aid package for Colombia...
EEC housing fraud bill blocked (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Jim Gibbons interviews Conservative MEP, Edward McMillan-Scott, on a vote in the European Parliament where Spanish Euro MPs have used a technicality to block an attempt to stop fraud in the sale of holiday...
Thatcher visits Omagh and praises UDR (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Derval Fitzsimons reports on a visit by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Northern Ireland where she praised the Ulster Defence Regiment. Amid tight security, the Prime Minister spoke out in defence of...
SLD conference-David Steel interview (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews former Liberal Party leader, David Steel, at the Social and Liberal Democrats conference in Brighton. Steel says the conference showed the party had left its old indiscipline behind...
SLD conference-Ashdown on disarmament (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews Social and Liberal Democrats leader, Paddy Ashdown, at their conference in Brighton. He talks about the conference vote to accept a nuclear deterrent defence policy.