Landslide victory for Labour in Shadwell

Title

Landslide victory for Labour in Shadwell

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Election coverage

TX Date

16 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:40

Description

Max Cotton reports from the Shadwell local council by-election in Tower Hamlets, where the British National Party fielded a candidate and the Anti-Nazi League demonstrated outside. He asks locals what they think about the disturbance but is unable to find any BNP supporters in the crowd. Includes announcement of the result (a landslide victory for the Labour Party, followed by the Liberal Democrats, with the BNP in third place). Interviews with candidates: Michael Keith, Labour; Richard Roberts, Liberal Democrat; Paul Ingham, Conservative. BNP candidate, Gordon Callow, is prevented from commenting by his press officer.

Contributors

Max Cotton; Richard Roberts; Michael Keith; Paul Ingham; Gordon Callow

Keywords

Elections; Politics; London; Local government; Labour Party; Interethnic relations; Conservative Party; Demonstrations; Political parties; Tower Hamlets; Anti-Nazi League; Racism; Liberal Democrats; Election campaigns; Anti-racism; BNP; Shadwell

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