Scottish defeat for Labour

Title

Scottish defeat for Labour

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:03:41

Description

Lynne Mennie reports on the fallout for the Labour Party after they lost the Govan (Scotland) by-election to the SNP with devolution and the poll tax (community charge) key issues. Includes interviews with former Labour MP Jim Sillars who is now the SNP winning candidate; John Prescott; Glasgow Labour MP George Galloway.

Contributors

John Prescott; Jim Sillars; George Galloway; Lynne Mennie

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Scotland; SNP; Devolution; Community charge; Local taxation; Govan; Electoral issues

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.