Liberal assembly - David Steel keynote speech

Title

Liberal assembly - David Steel keynote speech

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:49

Description

Richard Dallyn reports on the keynote speech by Liberal leader David Steel (with excerpts) at the Liberal Party conference in Bournemouth, in which he urges delegates to defeat the Conservative Government led by Margaret Thatcher, and attacks members of her Cabinet and also the Labour Party. He also comments on the miners’ strike. Includes singing of delegates.

Contributors

David Steel; Richard Dallyn

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Liberal Party; Political parties; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Coal miners; Civil and political rights; Bournemouth; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Trade union members; Strikes (events)

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