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80 results found for '"Elena Curti"' in Contributors.
General Election- David Owen at Islington school (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on visit of SDP leader David Owen to Prior Western Primary School, Islington, London during the 1987 General Election campaign. Includes conversation with daughter Lucy Owen who attends the school;...
Girobank sale (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Elena Curti reports on the Government announcement that the Girobank is to be sold; includes parliamentary debate with speeches by Trade and Industry minister, Kenneth Clarke; Bryan Gould; Tony Benn.
SLD Conference (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Elena Curti reports on Paddy Ashdown’s first major speech as leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats, at the party conference in Blackpool. Includes speeches/interviews by/with Paddy Ashdown; Cyril...
Ian Smith on South Africa sporting boycott (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Zimbabwean Leader of the Opposition, Ian Smith has described the sporting boycott of South Africa as a violation of the UN Convention and has attacked political leaders who he said were using the boycott for...
Nurses demonstrate outside Conservative Party Conference (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Angry nurses protested outside the Conservative Party Conference after Health Secretary, Kenneth Clarke refused to meet union leaders about a re-grading of their pay scale. Elena Curti’s report includes...
Banning of IRA and Sinn Fein from British airwaves (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Elena Curti reports on the ban of IRA and Sinn Fein spokesmen from British radio and television, to be set in motion by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd this afternoon. And on reaction to the ban. Includes...
Kings Cross fire report (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Elena Curti reports from Westminster on debate yesteraday which centred on the report into the Kings Cross Underground fire and its recommendations and calls for Transport Secretary Paul Channon’s...
Education White Paper debate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Elena Curti reports on a House of Commons debate on the Government’s White Paper on student loans. Includes speech by Education Secretary, Kenneth Baker, defending the scheme; replies by Jack Straw; Simon...
Nazi war criminals escaped prosecution (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Leading post-war politicians and civil servants are being accused of a massive cover up which allowed some of the most vicious members of Hitler’s SS to escape prosecution in Britain. The war criminals...
Parliamentary debate on Patrick Ryan affair (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Elena Curti reports from Westminster on a Parliamentary debate on the decision of the Irish Government not to extradite alleged IRA supporter, Father Patrick Ryan, to the UK. Includes speeches by Attorney...