Conservative conference - Trade union debate

Title

Conservative conference - Trade union debate

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

11 Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Peter Murphy reports on the last morning of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. With speeches by: transport union member Lesley Fields on the miners’ strike; Employment Minister Kenneth Clarke on strikes and unions; Angela Botham on GCHQ staff union membership ban; Harold Davies(?) on the Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Kenneth Clarke; Lesley Fields; Angela Botham; Harold Davies(?)

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Political parties; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Labour law; Civil and political rights; Open and closed shop; Intelligence service; GCHQ; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Blackpool; Bishops; Law reform; Trade union members; David Edward Jenkins

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