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39,247 results found for all records.
David Steel calls for Liberal support in General Election (1979)
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- Interview
Liberal Party leader David Steel calls on the electorate to vote Liberal tomorrow and bring in a People’s Parliament in which no one party has an overall majority and there can be a stable programme of...
Jim Prior on Conservative trade union election support (1979)
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- Speech
Conservative MP, Jim Prior on the significance of the meeting of trade unionists from all over the country yesterday in support of a Conservative election victory, and confirming that party policy will be to...
Margaret Thatcher election campaign interview (1979)
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- Interview
Election campaign interview with Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher (at the Ideal Home Show?) on housing, kitchens, exports and world trade. Male interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.
James Callaghan election campaign speech (1979)
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- Speech
Election campaign speech by Labour Prime Minister, James Callaghan, who says the Conservative Party is deceiving the electorate over income tax cuts, which will increase price inflation and only benefit the...
James Callaghan election campaign visits (1979)
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- News report; Interview; Music
Report on election campaign visits by Labour Prime Minister, James Callaghan to two infant/junior and comprehensive schools. Includes interviews with Callaghan and an unidentified school dinner lady, and...
James Callaghan calls for Labour support in General Election (1979)
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- Speech
Prime Minister James Callaghan stating the five reasons for voting Labour at tomorrow’s General Election (for safer jobs, better price control, less risk of industrial disruption, a more prosperous...
James Callaghan at General Election campaign meeting (1979)
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- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Prime Minister James Callaghan at a Labour election campaign meeting. Includes excerpts, with Callaghan on the National Front, and disruption from hecklers over Blair Peach, the Troops...
Horace Cutler on GLC prospects after Conservative election victory (1979)
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- Interview
GLC leader Horace Cutler on the prospects for improved relations between the Council and government following the Conservative Party’s general election victory, and likely release of capital for new...
Ray Buckton on union prospects after Conservative election victory (1979)
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- Interview
Ray Buckton, leader of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), regrets the change of government following the Conservative Party’s general election victory, and warns of...
George Younger on post-Election prospects for Scotland (1979)
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- Interview
Scottish Secretary, George Younger on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s first engagement in Scotland following the Conservative general election victory, and the need for all parties to work together with...