Clockwork Orange operation

Title

Clockwork Orange operation

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

3 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:06:26

Description

Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on demands for an inquiry into allegations of a covert British security services project, codenamed Clockwork Orange, in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Follows a decision to launch an inquiry into the dismissal of army press officer Colin Wallace who was sacked in 1975 for disclosing classified information. Includes parliamentary speeches by Margaret Thatcher; Merlyn Rees; Jonathan Aitken; Ken Livingstone; Bernard Weatherill, Speaker of the House; Tom King. For Breakfast with Boyle.

Contributors

Merlyn Rees; Margaret Thatcher; Peter Spencer; Tom King; Ken Livingstone; Jonathan Aitken; Bernard Weatherill

Keywords

Labour Party; Northern Ireland; UK; Propaganda; Intelligence service; Military intelligence; Colin Wallace; Clockwork Orange (UK security operation)

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