Islington defections to SDP
- Title
- Islington defections to SDP
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 9 Aug 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:04:11
- Description
- Bill Davey interviews Islington borough councillor and ILEA representative Cecelia McAskill on her decision, along with up to 17 other councillors, to defect from the Labour Party to the SDP, in view of the takeover of the council by young left wing party extremists and proposed rate increases in the local Labour manifesto. Sound is in mono.
- Contributors
- Bill Davey; Cecelia McAskill
- Keywords
- Politics; London; Labour Party; Political manifestos; Political parties; Islington; Political allegiance; SDP; Community charge; Politicians; Local taxation; Borough councils; Islington Borough Council
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