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Roy Jenkins new centre party rumours (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Allen reports on rumours that outgoing President of the European Commission and former UK Labour Party deputy leader Roy Jenkins plans to lead a new UK centre party and form a coalition with the...
Roy Jenkins on EEC and SDP (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Llew Gardner interviews outgoing EEC President and former UK Labour Party deputy leader Roy Jenkins for Thames Television’s TV Eye programme. He speaks about the future of the European Common Market and on...
Labour conference - Neville Sandelson rebels (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Report on the reaction of Neville Sandelson Labour MP to the result of controversial votes made at the 1980 Labour Party conference in Blackpool on the party constitution and nuclear disarmament. Includes...
Neville Sandelson on Labour Party (1980)
- Genre
- 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...
Labour conference round-up (1980)
- Genre
- 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....
US Presidential elections- call for open Democratic convention (1980)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview; News report
Report on disagreements over whether the Democratic Party national convention tonight should allow an open vote for the US Presidential nomination. Speaking are: candidate Senator Edward Kennedy (on CBS’s...
Tony Benn on Labour defections (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Labour MP Tony Benn gives a speech about the people that have defected from the Labour Party (listing those over the years) and how their departures failed to cause a split. In context of current defections...
Lord George Brown on why he joined the SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord George Brown about changes in the Labour Party over the last fifty years and why he felt he had to abandon it for the new Social Democratic Party (SDP), of which he is president. Male...
David Steel on the new SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with leader of the Liberal Party, David Steel, about the effect of the proposed new Social Democratic Party (SDP) on British politics and possibility of an alliance. Male interviewer not identified.
Shirley Williams on leaving Labour (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Shirley Williams, Labour Party National Executive Committee member, about her decision to resign her position and help form the new Social Democratic Party (SDP). Male interviewer not identified.