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Labour conference- right wing success (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview at the Labour Party conference in Brighton following election of right wing candidates, and defeat of left wing, for deputy leadership post and National Executive Committee seats. Male speaker and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Dunkirk News: original scripts from 1940... (1990)

Dunkirk News: original scripts from 1940, re-broadcast during the fiftieth anniversary of the siege and evacuation of Dunkerque in WW2. News reader: John Wing. [The Library has the complete scripts on...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Labour left wing moves into Bermondsey (1981)

Genre

Interview

Report on how the left wing of the Labour Party has allegedly moved into the constituency of Bermondsey in London. And on the shortlist of Parliamentary candidates there, all left wing. Southwark councillor...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Labour conference-left wing losses (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on left wing losses in the elections to deputy leadership and National Executive Committee posts of the Labour Party at their conference in Brighton. With comment from left wing MP Jeff Rooker who...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Labour conference-right wing success and SDP (1981)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report following elections at the Labour Party conference in Brighton which saw left wing losses and the replacement of Norman Atkinson as Labour Treasurer by Eric Varley. In his final speech as Party...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Split in French left-wing alliance likely (1978)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker on the likelihood of a split in the French left wing. Party leaders met after the first round of elections, but failed to agree on policies. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Brixton prison F-wing may close (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on talks about possible closure of Brixton Prison F-Wing (psychiatric wing) which has the highest suicide rate of staff and inmates in prison history. With comment from Terry McLaren from the Prison...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Scargill attacks Labour right wing (1982)

Genre

Speech

Speech by NUM President Arthur Scargill during the Durham Miners Gala where he attacks the right wing of the Labour Party and calls for unity to fight the Conservative Party and win the next general election.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Shirley Williams warns against Labour left-wing (1980)

Genre

News report; Speech; Interview

Report on a speech to the Glasgow Fabian Society by former Labour MP and Education Secretary Shirley Williams where she warns of the dangers to the future of the Labour Party from left-wing elements....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Margaret Thatcher on the spirit of giving (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Margaret Thatcher believes that every citizen should demonstrate generosity by contributing towards charitable causes, e.g. the new heart wing at Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, in London. Her...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio