Conservative conference - Review of debates

Title

Conservative conference - Review of debates

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:05:42

Description

Report on Conservative Party conference in Brighton speeches on the Grand Hotel IRA bomb attack and debates on miners’ strike and Labour Party. With speeches by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (keynote speech excerpt); Party Chairman John Gummer; Foreign Secretary Leon Brittan; miners’ representative Alan Shotleigh(?); Jay Gohel; Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine; Trade and Industry Secretary Norman Tebbit; Northern Ireland Secretary Douglas Hurd. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy or Spencer).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Norman Tebbit; Michael Heseltine; Douglas Hurd; Leon Brittan; John Gummer; Jay Gohel; Alan Shotleigh(?)

Keywords

Politics; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Political parties; Conferences; Roy Hattersley; Coal miners; Party politics; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Bombs; Brighton; Ian MacGregor; Grand Hotel; Strikes (events)

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