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  1. Grunwick factory dispute (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Peter Allen interviews Albert Booth, Employment Secretary, on why he called for a government court of inquiry in the Grunwick factory dispute; powers of the court; whether it will de-escalate industrial...

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  2. Timex strike (1993)

    Genre
    Speech

    Trade union leader William Leslie on a picket line outside the Timex electronics factory in Dundee where violence broke out, shouting his case against the Conservative government and their anti-union...

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  3. General election - Thatcher at Weetabix factory (1983)

    Genre
    Election coverage; News report; Speech

    Report on visits by Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 02/06/83 to Leicestershire during campaigning in the 1983 General Election. Includes details of a visit to the Weetabix...

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  4. Norman Tebbit at Raleigh factory (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on the visit of Trade and Industry Secretary Norman Tebbit to Nottingham to tour the Raleigh bicycle factory. Chants of workers shouting On Yer Bike are heard in the background, in reference to his...

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  5. Unrest at DeLorean (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male union leader (not identified) at the troubled DeLorean Motor Company factory in Belfast where workers have stormed the factory and shop stewards have accused the Government of...

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  6. Prime Minister visits Harrier factory (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Paul Maurice reports on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Harrier factory in Kingston, Surrey to see the construction of the new RAF Jump Jet. Includes press statement by Thatcher.

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  7. Jim Blyth on Government assistance for Lucas Aerospace (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jim Blyth, general manager of Lucas Aerospace, says that without government assistance to build a new factory on Merseyside, the company would have had to leave the area. Male interviewer not identified.

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  8. Thatcher on new jobs for Wrexham (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    As Courtaulds Textiles, the major employer in Wrexham, prepares to leave the area, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks to a press conference about the measures the Government will take to help alleviate...

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  9. Gerry Conlon on the Maguire Seven (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Gerry Conlon on the wrongly-convicted Maguire Seven, who were alleged to have been housing an IRA bomb factory. He says the British Government should make a personal apology for the time lost by those...

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  10. Margaret Thatcher visits ICI factory (1980)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a visit to the opening of a new ICI plant at Runcorn in Cheshire on 06/06/80 where she defends the Government’s economic and industrial policy.

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