State of emergency in UK?
- Title
- State of emergency in UK?
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
- TX Date
- 15 Jan 1979
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:02:22
- Description
- Press interview with Prime Minister James Callaghan during his return from holiday abroad, where he claims there is no point in calling a state of emergency despite a wave of labour disputes in the country. He evades a question about Government pay policy.
- Contributors
- James Callaghan
- Keywords
- Politics; Trade unions; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wage policy
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