General election - David Steel nibbled by pigs

Title

General election - David Steel nibbled by pigs

Genre

News report; Vox pop

TX Date

Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:23

Description

Report on a visit by Liberal Party leader David Steel to a crane factory near Leeds (run after a management buyout) and a farm in Ryedale, during the 1987 General Election campaign. Includes Steel being nibbled by pigs; Steel speaking to worker Keith Benyon and farmer Tony Body(?). Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Steel; Keith Benyon(?); Tony Body(?)

Keywords

Elections; Liberal Party; Yorkshire; Political parties; SDP; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns; Industrial plants; Farms; Leeds; Wadley(?) Engineering

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