Roy Hattersley on recent riots

Title

Roy Hattersley on recent riots

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Jul 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:00

Description

Interview with shadow Home Secretary Roy Hattersley on the social causes of the recent riots in the inner cities, including youth unemployment, and on police use of CS gas in Toxteth, and the provision of protective police clothing. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Roy Hattersley

Keywords

Social problems; Police; Liverpool; Social conditions; Riots; Policing practice; Toxteth; Unemployed youth; Urban areas; Youth unemployment; Asphyxiating and poisonous gases; Protective clothing

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