Pit closures and unemployment

Title

Pit closures and unemployment

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:47

Description

Report on the demonstrations for 31 threatened mines organised by Women Against Pit Closures with Maureen Stubbings, marcher on the aim of the march; Ann Scargill on the fight to save the pits and NUM President and her husband Arthur Scargill encouragingb all unemployed workers to join the fight. Also reports on Paddy Ashdown’s speech at a party conference in Southport on unemployment, excerpt heard where he calls for an all-party inquiry. And on the government inquiry into spending including Social Security Secretary Peter Lilly singing in a Gilbert and Sullivan style at the Young Conservatives conference in Southend. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Paddy Ashdown; Peter Lilley; Maureen Stubbings; Ann Scargill

Keywords

Conservative Party; Political conferences; Demonstrations; Employment; Conferences; Liberal Democrats; Government spending; Coal mines; Mines; Employment policy; Mine closures; Southend; Southport

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