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  • Mikhail Gorbachev resignation announcement (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    President Mikhail Gorbachev announcing and giving reasons for his resignation (part of his resignation speech), with the voice of an interpreter, as the Soviet Union breaks up and is replaced by the...

  • John Major on political legacy of Gorbachev (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    UK Prime Minister John Major press conference on the political legacy of USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, who is expected to resign later today, in making the world a safer place and leaving the Soviet...

  • Neil Kinnock on resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock paying tribute to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev following his resignation, and arguing the West must now secure the stability of the new Commonwealth of Independent...

  • Thatcher on resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher paying tribute to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev following his resignation, for bringing liberty to the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries and working for...

  • Queen’s Christmas message on recent world changes (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    The Queen’s Christmas message to the Commonwealth, in which she reflects on changes in the world since her first broadcast in 1952 and what the free world now has to offer to the former Soviet Union and...

  • Kinnock on Labour hopes and policies for 1992 (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock setting out the reasons why Labour will win next year’s General Election, its policies to to tackle the economic recession and stimulate recovery, and its proposals to...

  • Queen’s New Year Honours List 1992 (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Charlie Stayt reports on the Queens’s New Years Honours List, with CBEs for freed Beirut hostages Terry Waite, John McCarthy, Jackie Mann and Brian Keenan; OBEs for England soccer captain Gary Lineker and...

  • Commuter anger over British Rail Christmas services (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Charlie Stayt reports on British Rail’s decision to charge full weekday fares while running a reduced weekend service over the Christmas holiday period, leaving some angry commuters with tickets for trains...

  • Economic policy defended as statistics paint gloomy picture (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    James Bays interviews Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Maples, who defends government economic policy in the light of the latest gloomy reports and statistics which indicate the economy recovery has...

  • Bush televised address after Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Extract from US President George H. W. Bush’s televised address from the White House today, following Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Bush states the US applauds and supports the choice...