James Callaghan response to Southall riots
- Title
- James Callaghan response to Southall riots
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:03:15
- Description
- Press statement by UK Prime Minister James Callaghan in which he compares the National Front to the Nazis. The comments come after the death of teacher Blair Peach at an Anti-Nazi League rally in Southall, west London (23/04/79).
- Contributors
- James Callaghan
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; Police; Violence; Demonstrations; Metropolitan Police; National Front; Blair Peach; Anti-Nazi League; Southall; Riots; Policing practice; Nazism; Anti-nazi movements
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