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New Canadian prime minister (1993)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on the newly appointed Canadian Prime Minister Liberal Jean Chretien following the country’s general election which saw the Conservative Party ousted after 9 years in office. Speakers are Canadian...

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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks about the crisis - nd [1982]

A speech from the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talking about the Falklands Islands War -1982. Her general message is that the Argentines should pull out their troops from the Falklands Islands, or face...

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Shirley Williams on Labour general election defeat (1979)

Genre

Interview

Former Education Secretary, Shirley Williams on the Labour Party’s general election defeat, the country’s first woman Prime Minister, prospects for education under the new Conservative Government, and...

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Victory Report No.16: Into the 80s - interview with Sonny Ramphael, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat (1980)

Radio Victory into the 80s. Tonight, we have our 3rd guest in this occasional series, in which we talk to leading figures from the world of Politics and Literature, to know how they see things which will...

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Major after Tories win general election (1992)

Genre

Speech; Election coverage

Prime Minister John Major speaks to the media outside Number Ten Downing Street after winning the Conservative Party a fourth consecutive general election addressing those who didn’t vote for him.

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Commonwealth Secretary-General election (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview with former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, on the contest to become the Commonwealth Secretary-General. The contest is between Fraser and Nigeria’s Chief Emeka Anyoku. He comments on...

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General election campaign-Patten heaps praise on Major (1992)

Genre

Tribute

Ahead of the general election Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten heaps praise on Prime Minister John Major. Interviewer not heard.

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General election - Victory for Thatcher (1987)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on victory of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1987 General Election including her arrival and speech (at Conservative Central Office). (Scottish) male reporter not identified.

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General Election - Margaret Thatcher speech (1992)

Genre

Speech

Extract from speech by former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher during the 1992 UK General Election campaign, in which she endorses John Major as leader. Audio quality poor - faint second voice in left channel.

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210 Reports 1982; Falklands War; news of ceasefire; other reports (1982)

Track 1- Report on the final surrender of Argentine troops on the Falklands Islands. News about the ceasefire. Track 2- Interview by telephone with Kim Sabido, a voice reporter talking about the situation on...

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