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Iranian revolution- call for PM to resign (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Graham Pearce(?) reports on the Ayatollah Khomeini’s refusal to see Iranian Prime Minister Shaphour Bakhtiar unless he resigns first.
Call for National Front election organiser to resign (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified male speaker (poss. P. Robinson) for Ipswich National Front branch, who demands the resignation of Martin Webster after a poor showing for the NF in the general election which he...
Donald McHenry replaces Andrew Young (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on new US ambassador to UN, Donald McHenry. Includes speech by McHenry.
Immigration White Paper resignation (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified Conservative MP (possibly Cyril Townsend) about resignation as Parliamentary Private Secretary over Government White Paper on immigration control.
Irish PM steps down (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch anouncing he is to step down due to lack of support. Includes speech by Lynch announcing his resignation. Male reporter not identified.
Canadian government defeated (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Canadian reporter reports back to the studio (neither male speakers identified) on the defeat of the Canadian Conservative Government in a vote on the Budget and on possibility of a winter election. There...
Jack Lynch resigns as Irish PM (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Ian Paisley on the resignation of Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch, ostensibly over poor by-election results. He speculates on political views any new leader of the Fianna Fail party is likely...
Jack Lynch resigns as Irish PM (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the resignation of Irish Premier Jack Lynch who has been under increasing criticism and has suffered a series of by-election defeats. His party Fianna Fail will now elect a new leader.
Francis Pym on US talks (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Defence Secretary, Francis Pym, on talks with his US counterpart amidst talk of the resignation of President Jimmy Carter’s cabinet. The interviewer is Andrew Manderstam.
Jeremy Thorpe retrospective (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
A look back at the career of of ex-Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe following his decision not to stand as a candidate in his former constituency of North Devon despite his acquittal in the attempted...