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Arrival of new Northern Ireland Secretary (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference
James Prior, newly appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet reshuffle, stating to press on arrival in Ulster that he will be bringing his experience of...
New Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit on unions and unemployment (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Industrial editor John Perkins interviews newly appointed Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit following Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet reshuffle. In 2 parts.1. The government’s possible...
4 percent wage increase celing announced (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an opposition politician about the Government announcement of a 4 percent wage increase ceiling, criticising it as prices are predicted to rise 10 percent, and against a background of high...
Jim Prior starts Northern Ireland appointment (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on reaction to the appointment and the first week in office of new Northern Ireland Secretary James Prior, including visit to Ulster including the Maze Prison where 10 hunger strikers have so far...
GLC councillor Anne Sofer defects to SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Liberal MP Bill Pitt welcoming the impending announcement by Labour GLC member Anne Sofer that she is to defect to the SDP Party by resigning and stand for re-election as an SDP-Liberal...
Michael Foot on Brezhnev nuclear missiles talks (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference
Excerpt from press conference with Labour Party leader Michael Foot on his and deputy leader Denis Healey’s talks in Moscow with Leonid Brezhnev, when the Soviet President repeated his 1979 offer to...
Labour-Brezhnev talks on nuclear missiles (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Labour Party leader Michael Foot and deputy leader Denis Healey’s talks in Moscow with Leonid Brezhnev, when the Soviet President repeated his 1979 offer to withdraw nuclear missiles from western...
Belize independence - Britain will continue protection (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP, Tony Durant confirms that Britain will continue to be responsible for the defence of its former Central American colony of Belize as it moves towards independence, following concerns over...
New Northern Ireland Secretary visits Maze Prison (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with anti-H-Block MP Owen Carron on the visit of newly appointed Northern Ireland Secretary James Prior to the Maze Prison, where 10 hunger strikers have so far died, and the likelihood this...
Roy Jenkins at SDP Guildford meeting (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the speech (with excerpts) by SDP leader Roy Jenkins at last evening’s well-attended meeting in Guildford on the potential role of the new SDP-Liberal Alliance in government and breaking of the...