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Wildlife affected by Christos Bitas oil spill (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker (coastal resident?) on the impact on wildlife of the oil spill from the grounded Greek tanker, Christos Bitas. Speaker attacks the oil industry for not doing enough to help, adding...
BP reaction to Christos Bitas oil spill (1978)
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Unidentified male British Petroleum spokesperson gives his reaction to the oil spill from the Christos Bitas off the Welsh coastline. Speaker claims that BP has a moral responsibility but that the owner of...
3 major oil spills in 1978 (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker on the cleanup operation and the spraying of oil from the grounded Greek tanker, Christos Bitas. Speaker states that the three oil disasters of 1978 - involving the Amoco Cadiz, the...
MOD on ability to cope with large oil spills (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker from the Ministry of Defence pays tribute to salvage workers on the Christos Bitas oil tanker. He says that no country can be prepared for a disaster on the scale of the Amoco...
Christos Bitas salvage operation deemed a success (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker on the salvage operation surrounding the Christos Bitas oil tanker. Speaker outlines the lessons learned from the Amoco Cadiz and Christos Bitas disasters but adds that there is...
John Biffen on new role in Shadow Cabinet (1978)
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Conservative MP John Biffen on his appointment to the Shadow Cabinet opposite the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Harold Lever. Biffen says it is good when opponents can agree on policy and insists...
John Biggs-Davison on resignation from Shadow Cabinet (1978)
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Conservative MP John Biggs-Davison explains his reasons for resigning his position in Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher’s Shadow Cabinet. Biggs-Davison says he cannot abstain from a parliamentary vote...
Julian Amery on vote against sanctions (1978)
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Conservative MP, Julian Amery explains his decision to go against party leader Margaret Thatcher’s instruction to abstain and vote against sanctions against Rhodesia. Amery says the issue was a matter of...
Winston Churchill on Rhodesia sanctions (1978)
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Former Shadow Cabinet member and Conservative MP, Winston Churchill explains why he ignored party instructions and voted against sanctions against Rhodesia. He says he does not feel the vote represents a...
Francis Pym on Rhodesia sanctions (1978)
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Shadow Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym on the Conservative Party leadership’s reaction to the sanctions vote against Rhodesia after several high-profile members ignored Margaret Thatcher’s instruction to...