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Conservative conference - Margaret Thatcher U-turn speech (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Jim Hancock reports on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s final day address to the Conservative Party conference in Brighton. Thatcher - interrupted by right-to-work demonstrators - insists she will not...
Conservative conference - Horace Cutler on local government spending (1980)
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- Speech
Greater London Council leader Horace Cutler makes a speech at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in which he says local councils are spending too much money on staff. Cutler calls for local...
Conservative conference - Margaret Thatcher on motor industry (1980)
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- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher addresses the productivity levels of the British motor industry in a speech at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton. She says there is over-manning in certain areas...
Conservative conference round-up (1980)
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- Music; News report; Speech
Round-up of the 1980 Conservative Party conference in Brighton. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks on unemployment and the roles of NATO and the European Economic Community. Chairman of the Party, Lord...
Conservative conference - Conservatives and trade unions (1980)
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- Interview
Unidentified male Conservative politician (poss. Secretary of State for Industry, Keith Joseph) on the relationship between the Conservative Party and British trade unions. Speaker says many of the current...
Neville Sandelson on Labour Party (1980)
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- Interview
Labour MP, Neville Sandelson on his relationship with the Labour Party and his decision to vote with the Conservatives on defence issues. Sandelson says he was never going to be re-selected by his local...
Conservative conference - Moss Evans on lobbying MPs at Brighton (1980)
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- Interview
Moss Evans, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), says he wants to lobby politicians attending the upcoming Conservative Party conference in Brighton. He says the union will...
Conservative conference - Gorst and Gardiner attack Jim Prior (1980)
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- News report; Speech
Report on the criticism by Conservative MPs George Gardiner and John Gorst of Employment Secretary, Jim Prior for not pushing forward with trade union reforms. Speaking at a Conservative Party rally (during...
Conservative conference - John Wells impersonates Denis Thatcher (1980)
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- Interview; Music; News report
Report on Conservative Party comedy evening, Blue Review (at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton?). Private Eye columnist John Wells impersonates Denis Thatcher (husband of Prime Minister Margaret...
Labour conference round-up (1980)
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- Music; News report; Speech
Round-up of the 1980 Labour Party conference in Blackpool, where the various leadership contenders made speeches to the party and trade unions. Tony Benn describes how he wants to abolish the House of Lords....