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Christopher Price on Labour open letter in Guardian (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP for Lewisham, Christopher Price on divisions within the Labour Party following the publication of an open letter in the Guardian (01/08/80) signed by cabinet ministers David Owen, Bill Rodgers, and...
Labour conference - Shirley Williams speech (1980)
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- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by former cabinet minister Shirley Williams at a meeting of the Campaign for Labour Victory group at the 1980 Labour Party conference in Blackpool, in which she calls for moderate...
Labour conference - Shirley Williams interview (1980)
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- Interview
Brian Hayes interviews former cabinet minister Shirley Williams during the 1980 Labour Party conference in Blackpool. Williams speaks about her position within the party over the possible introduction of...
Leon Brittan guests on talk show (1980)
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- Advertisement; Phone-in; News bulletin; Interview; Talk show
Vivian White presents a phone-in programme discussing left-handedness; the government proposal to legalise CB radios; letter from David Steel, Liberal Party leader offering a coalition with the Labour Party;...
Shirley Williams on Stevenage seat (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Archive interview (1979) with Labour MP Shirley Williams, on the prospect of losing her seat in Stevenage. (The interview was re-broadcast in 1981 during a split in the Labour Party and the formation of the...
Shirley Williams reacts to 1979 election defeat (1981)
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- Election coverage; Interview; Speech
Speech and interview at the 1979 General Election by former Education Secretary, Shirley Williams, after losing her seat in Hertford and Stevenage to Conservative candidate Bowen Wells. (Re-broadcast in 1981...
Newsnight (1981)
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- Interview; News report; Trailer
An edition of BBC programme Newsnight. David Lomax interviews leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Begum Nusrat Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto, wife and daughter of former President and Prime Minister of...
Betty Boothroyd on Labour defectors (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Betty Boothroyd urging members of the Labour Party to fight for changes within the party rather than defect after Shirley Williams and other members have left to form the Social...
Shirley Williams leaves Labour (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Labour Party Chairman Alex Kitson about the resignation of Shirley Williams from the Labour National Executive Committee and defection and her allegations the party is not democratic. Also on...
Possible Liberal-SDP alliance (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Liberal Party leader David Steel about how an alliance between the Liberal Party and the new Social Democrats (SDP) could work. Male interviewer not identified.