Conservative committee on unions

Title

Conservative committee on unions

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

18 Apr 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:04:24

Description

Report on a story in The Times newspaper about a secret Conservative Party committee, chaired by Lord Carrington (Peter Carington), on defeating the trade unions, if the Tories return to power at the next election, and the possibility of using armed forces for strike breaking; speech by Denis Healey, Chancellor at a press conference attacking Tory’s committee and asking for more information on it and on Lambeth by-election. Reporter not identified (poss. Steve Sailah).

Contributors

Denis Healey; Steve Sailah?

Keywords

Elections; Trade unions; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Lambeth; Peter Carington; Committees

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