IRA Brighton bombing - Controversial comments

Title

IRA Brighton bombing - Controversial comments

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Interview with a male Labour Camden councillor John Wakeham, on his controversial comments made after the attempt on the life of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton via an IRA bomb. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Antonia Higgs).

Contributors

Antonia Higgs?; John Wakeham (Labour councillor)

Keywords

Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Conferences; Councils; Camden; Politicians; Bombs; Brighton; Grand Hotel; John Wakeham (Labour councillor)

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