SDP Conference - Nuclear power and proportional representation

Title

SDP Conference - Nuclear power and proportional representation

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

17 Sep 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

Report on the morning of the final day of the SDP Conference in Harrogate. Includes excerpts of speeches by Tom Burke, who talks about nuclear power; Fred Hughes and Kay Kirkham, who discuss proportional representation; Liberal Party leader David Steel, who talks about the party’s policy on nuclear energy and the widening poverty gap between North and South. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Steel; Kay Kirkham; Fred Hughes

Keywords

Politics; Political conferences; Liberal Party; Yorkshire; David Owen; Political parties; Conferences; Nuclear energy; Proportional representation; SDP; Harrogate; Poverty; Income distribution; Nuclear energy policy; Social exclusion

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