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60 results found for '"Tony Banks"' in Contributors.
Police spying on GLC members (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Greater London Council member Tony Banks on spying by the police, and the arrest of the head of the Labour Party Secretariat at the GLC, Bill Bush. Male interviewer not identified.
Decision makers (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Parliamentary debate
Decision Makers: The New MPs and Their First Year, presented by Richard Bestic. Documentary on newly elected Members of Parliament after 1983 General Election and assessment of their performance and views of...
GLC abolishment not unconstitutional (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with GLC Chairman Tony Banks on the European Commission of Human Rights decision that the abolition of the GLC and cancelling the local elections for the councils involved in the GLC is not...
Tony Banks on plans to sell off County Hall (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Greater London Council Chairman Tony Banks condemns government plans to sell off County Hall and its contents as obscene and an insult to Londoners. On the subject of Sir Godfrey Taylor’s demanding an...
Countdown to abolition (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech; Vox pop
Countdown to Abolition. Documentary by Elena Curti on the abolition of the GLC and the Metropolitan Councils in 1986. Looks at likely economic outcome of abolition, distribution of funds to London boroughs,...
Peacock Report on broadcasting (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the Peacock Report about the future of broadcasting, which cost £250,000. The committee rejected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s proposal to introduce advertising on BBC. Includes excerpts...
Margaret Thatcher attacked for use of civil servants (1986)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary debate (24/11/86) in which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is attacked for her misuse and scapegoating of a civil servant, Jim Coe (Thatcher’s deputy chief press secretary). Speakers are...
Remembering the GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on a service of thanksgiving for the Greater London Council (abolished 31/03/86). Includes excerpt of a sermon by the Dean of Westminster, the Reverend Edward Carpenter, in which he says...
Last working day of GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on the final working day of the Greater London Council, which is being disbanded. Includes interviews with GLC leader Ken Livingstone, on the work being spread to other organisations, and...
Tony Banks on abolition of GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Greater London Council Chairman, Tony Banks is interviewed on the day of the GLC’s final meeting. He says he is not going to allow the Conservative Government to forget what they have done to democracy in...