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39,247 results found for all records.
Research confirms politicians evade questions (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified spokesman on the findings of research into the different interview styles of former and current Conservative Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and of current Labour Party leader...
Abolishing poll tax (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Des Fahy reports for LBC Newstalk on the Commons debate over legislation to abolish the poll tax (community charge), including the govenment’s refusal to apologise for the scheme, and on the replacement...
Wandsworth Council decision on community charge (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Mark Phillips reports on Conservative run Wandsworth Council’s decision not to compile a register of those liable to pay community charge, as it is unlikely the tax will be be levied next year. Includes...
The European newspaper folds (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Spokesman for The European newspaper, which has gone into administration, on the battle by journalists to put out an issue this week, in the hope that a publisher will take on the paper in the new year. Male...
Commons debate on Maastricht summit treaties (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports on the Commons debate on the treaties of economic/monetary and political union brought back by Prime Minister John Major from the summit of European leaders at Maastricht last week, and the...
House repossession measures (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Mellor on Chancellor Norman Lamont’s package of measures to stem the tide of house repossessions and boost the property market, including payment of income support for...
Karyn Smith’s brother on his petition to John Major (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Brother of Karyn Smith, who was sentenced in Thailand to 25 years in prison last year after drugs were found in her luggage, on his petition to Prime Minister John Major for assistance following the...
NATO and Warsaw Pact meeting (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd on his attendance at the first meeting between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries at NATO headquarters during the last days of the Soviet Union, and the implications of the...
Gorvachev resignation and his democratic legacy (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Sue Jameson reports from Moscow on the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev as the Soviet Union breaks up, stating that he had allowed democracy to take root in the Communist Soviet Union but that many...
Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Russian speech in translation paying respect to President Mikhail Gorbachev for having resigned as the Soviet Union breaks up and rejecting the tradition where leaders are considered criminals for continuing...