Liberal conference - last day

Title

Liberal conference - last day

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

26 Sep 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Report on the final day of the Liberal Party conference in Eastbourne. The Government’s decision to axe half the workforce at the Devonport dockyards in Plymouth has angered the Liberal Party, which blames Margaret Thatcher’s desire for Trident for the decision. David Penhaligon MP criticises the leadership and claims the Falklands War would have been lost if not for Devonport. Home affairs spokesman Alex Carlile claims that Home Secretary Douglas Hurd has crafted a political fiction around the problem of prison overcrowding. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Penhaligon; Alex Carlile; Paul Nichols(?)

Keywords

Devon; Crime; Margaret Thatcher; Political conferences; Liberal Party; Prisons; Unemployment; Political parties; Conferences; Defence; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Plymouth; Dockyards; Douglas Hurd; Devonport

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