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General election - Alliance is the opposition (1983)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on a pre-General Election address (with excerpts) by SDP leader Roy Jenkins where he predicts the demise of the Labour Party and suggests that the Alliance is the only true alternative to the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

David Maclean on Penrith by-election result (1983)

Genre

Interview

Conservative Party candidate David Maclean on the result of the Penrith and The Border by-election (28/07/83), which was a narrow victory for the Conservative Party who won with a majority of 552 over the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Local MPs reaction to the results of Glasgow Hillhead bi-election (1982)

Local politicians have been reacting to the SDP/Liberal win at Glasgow Hillhead. In last night’s election there was a swing of 16.7 percent from the conservatives to the social democrats, but Reading North...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

David Owen on Conservative Party manifesto (1987)

Genre

Interview

SDP-Liberal Alliance leader David Owen discusses the Conservatives’ election manifesto, and criticises their education programme. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ted Heath on Tory chances in next general election (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on and interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on Conservative Party chances of winning the next general election, possible threat from the SDP-Liberal Alliance, and likelihood of Budget tax...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tories lose Croydon by-election (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a Conservative Government spokesman about a disappointing result for the party in Croydon North West by-election (won by Liberal Alliance candidate). Male speaker and interviewer not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

General election - SDP-Liberal Alliance manifesto (1987)

Genre

Interview

Conservative chairman Norman Tebbit on the election manifesto of the SDP-Liberal Alliance. He describes the document as disappointing, full of old socialist thinking and with some ideas stolen from the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Norman Tebbit on election prospects (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Conservative MP, Norman Tebbit, about the threat to the Conservative Party from the opposition, Labour Party, and SDP - Liberal Alliance in upcoming General Election. Male interviewer not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

General election - criticism of Alliance (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a male speaker for the SDP-Liberal Alliance (identified as Mr Grant - poss. John Grant MP) about criticism from the Labour Party and Conservative Party prior to the 1983 General Election. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Overview of Penrith and The Border by-election (1983)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the Penrith and The Border by-election (28/07/83), which saw the Conservative Party win by a narrow 552 majority over the SDP-Liberal Alliance. Speakers are Conservative Party candidate David...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio