General Election - Phone-in with Alliance leaders

Title

General Election - Phone-in with Alliance leaders

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement; Trailer

TX Date

7 Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:51:26

Description

National independent radio phone-in programme presented by Peter Murphy interviewing the Liberal-SDP Alliance leaders David Owen and David Steel in the last few days before the General Election.They then take phone calls from the general public. Topics covered include opinion polls; tactical voting; possibilities of coalition and supporting Thatcher following election; winter of discontent; the economy; defence policy and nuclear weapons; education policy; benefits; crime; unemployment; EEC agricultural policy; the environment. Includes advertisements, news bulletin and trailer by David Jensen for pop chart countdown programme.

Contributors

David Steel; Peter Murphy; David Owen; David Jensen

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Strikes; Labour disputes; Inflation; Crime; Social security; Margaret Thatcher; EEC; Education; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Unemployment; Educational policy; Schools; Economic systems; Higher education; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; Defence policy; Environment; Missiles; SDP; General elections; Public opinion polls; Political coalitions; Food prices; Elections campaigns

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