EEC membership debate

Title

EEC membership debate

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1975

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Duration

00:04:26

Description

Report on the EEC membership debate prior to a UK referendum. Includes excerpt from press conferences with Barbara Castle Secretary of State for Social Services producing a bag of shopping from Brussels and one from London to compare food prices and clothes prices as worn by a young relative, and housewife Vickie Krankshaw(?) replying with shopping from Oslo. Also Neil Martin of the anti-EEC group on his opinion poll to see if New Zealand wants us to stay in or leave Europe and Geoffrey Rippon on the dangers of leaving. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Barbara Castle; Geoffrey Rippon; Neil Martin; Vickie Krankshaw(?)

Keywords

New Zealand; Wages; EEC; UK; Referenda; Europe; Public opinion polls; Shopping; Food prices; Membership

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