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Willie Whitelaw on boot-camps (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw following his speech at the Conservative Party conference where he suggested the creation of American style boot-camps for young offenders. Male interviewer not...
Grey seal cull (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Colin Somerville interviews Scottish Office minister Lord Mansfield (William Murray) about the traditional winter culling of grey seal pups in the Orkneys and Shetlands. The British Government has announced...
Brezhnev announces force reduction in E Germany (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male speaker (not identified) about an announcement by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in East Berlin that the USSR would withdraw up to 20,000 of its troops and 1,000 tanks from East Germany...
Possible rate increases (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview (with Gervas Walker, Conservative Chairman of the Association of County Councils?) about possible local authority rate (tax) increases due to cutbacks by the Conservative central Government. Male...
Harold Wilson on Labour rows (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Technical
Peter Allen interviews former UK Prime Minister Sir Harold Wilson, about rows in the Labour Party following their defeat in the 1979 General Election and prior to the Party conference. He talks about...
Peter Hain on SA rugby tour of UK (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain about the decision of the British Government to allow a South African Rugby Union team to tour the UK, despite a boycott by other international nations....
Gerard Vaughan on NHS funding (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews UK health minister Dr Gerard Vaughan about Government proposals to allow local NHS health authorities to raise their own funds, on new freedoms in using the funds raised, on whether...
Arts Council spokesman on funding cuts (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with male speaker (not identified) for the Arts Council about proposed Government cuts in arts funding following the Secretary General’s report. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Sue...
Minister on mutton wars (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Government agriculture minister (not identified - poss. Peter Walker) about the refusal of the French Government to accept an order by the European Court of Justice to allow unrestricted...
Cuts in ILEA spending (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with female speaker for the Labour Party (not identified) about a vote on a reduction in education spending in an unnamed local ILEA authority. Female speaker not identified.