General election - Campaigns continue

Title

General election - Campaigns continue

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

Report on 1987 General Election: Conservative Party rally in Newport, South Wales with speech by Margaret Thatcher (26/05/87); Neil Kinnock questioned by member of the public Karen Rothery in Halifax; speech and interview featuring Neil Kinnock, Labour leader on defence policy; interviews with David Owen, SDP leader and David Steel, Liberal leader from Panorama TV programme. Reporter not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

Further information

The Guardian (27/05/87), p. 4.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; David Owen; Neil Kinnock; Mark Mardell?; Karen Rothery

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Political parties; Nuclear weapons; Defence policy; SDP; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns; Panorama; Rallies (gatherings); Halifax; Newport

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