Results
71 results found for '"John Gummer"' in Contributors.
Decision makers (1984)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Documentary on the threat to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s authority, presented by Peter Spencer. Will the number of people seeking work have an effect on her leadership? Investigates the rising...
Gummer on rates and council elections (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Gummer, Chairman of the Conservative Party, on party hopes for the forthcoming county council elections, criticising rates (local taxes) set by Labour councils and on rate capping and...
Security at party conferences (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative Party Chairman, John Gummer, on security at party conferences and getting the balance right with access to politicians, on the day the investigation into the Brighton IRA bombing of the...
Bad week for Thatcher (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a bad week for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with poor results for the Conservative Party in the county council elections; latest unemployment figures showing continued rise; Energy Secretary...
County council election results (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the outcome of recent county council elections with the Conservative Party doing badly and SDP-Liberal Alliance gaining. Includes comment from Liberal Party environment spokesman Simon Hughes;...
Conservative student vandalism (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative Party Chairman, John Selwyn Gummer on the suspension of the Federation of Conservative Students (FCS), following alleged hooliganism at the FCS conference at Loughborough University. Female...
Brecon & Radnor by-election results (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the result of the Brecon and Radnor by-election on 04/07/85 where the win by SDP-Liberal Alliance candidate Richard Livsey pushed the Conservative Party candidate Christopher Butler into third...
Two decades of student politics (1985)
- Genre
- Feature
Two Decades of Student Politics, presented by Clive Bull and the student report team. A look back at student protest and politics from the 1960s to the 1980s. Includes recordings of student protests and...
Ban of controversial BBC documentary (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified man (poss. Conservative chairman John Gummer) about the BBC decision not to broadcast controversial documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about the problems of...
John Gummer on the European butter mountain (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Common Market agiculture ministers’ plan to dispose of the EEC butter mountain. UK Agriculture Minister, John Gummer explains the problem to be addressed. Male reporter not identified.