General election - Campaigns tackle defence and unemployment

Title

General election - Campaigns tackle defence and unemployment

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:45

Description

Report on Labour non-nuclear defence policy during the 1987 General Election campaign; speech by US President Ronald Reagan (27/05/87); speech by Neil Kinnock, Labour leader at rally in Bolton. Also archive broadcast of Margaret Thatcher on unemployment (22/04/77) and reaction to it from Tory Chairman Norman Tebbit, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and David Steel, Liberal leader. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; Norman Tebbit; Neil Kinnock; Ronald Reagan

Keywords

USA; Elections; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Unemployment; International relations; Political parties; SNP; Nuclear weapons; State security; Presidents; Defence policy; SDP; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns; Bolton; Rallies (gatherings)

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