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Labour Party Conference - Return to socialist policies rejected (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, as delegates reject a call for a return to old-style socialist policies. Includes excerpts of speeches by delegates Theresa(?) Pierce(?), Mike...
Labour conference - John Smith attacks Major (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Labour leader John Smith in his first keynote speech as leader at the Labour Party conference. He criticises John Major and sets out his plans for the party as an active government. Peter Russell reports.
Ross Perot to stand in US election? (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the US presidential election. Millionaire businessman Ross Perot has been meeting supporters of President Bush and challenger Bill Clinton over whether he will run for President....
Lord Chief Justice on sentencing legislation (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Peter Taylor warns that there will be an explosion in the prison population under new government legislation that demands that prisoners should serve at least...
John Smith on Major’s handling of European affairs (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Labour leader John Smith says that Prime Minister John Major must address some of the problems arising through his having caused offence in Europe.
No pardon for Derek Bentley (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Home Secretary, Kenneth Clarke rejects calls for a posthumous pardon for Derek Bentley, saying that the jury had evidence to support the conviction. Bentley was hanged forty years ago for murdering a police...
Derek Bentley refused a pardon (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Derek Bentley’s sister, Iris, vows to continue the fight to clear his name after Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke rejected calls for a posthumous pardon. Bentley was hanged in 1953 for murdering a police...
Gordon Brown on leaked Bundesbank report (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Shadow Chancellor, Gordon Brown comments on a leaked report from the Bundesbank. He says it raises serious questions about the Government’s version of the events surrounding Britain’s withdrawal from the...
Labour conference - union block vote (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on the vote to reduce the union block from ninety to seventy percent at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool. Speakers: Labour Party General Secretary, Larry Whitty; TGWU General...
Susannah York appeal for Bosnia (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Actress Susannah York on a planned production of War Child, by David Wilson. Set during the Thirty Years War in Germany, the play reflects the plight of children in Bosnia. She says sponsorship is needed to...