General election - Campaign speeches

Title

General election - Campaign speeches

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:52

Description

Report on the 1987 General Election party campaigns; speeches by Denis Healey, former Defence Minister on Labour non-nuclear defence policy; David Owen, SDP leader at a rally in Plymouth on secondary picketing; PM Margaret Thatcher (29/05/87) on loudspeaker in Essex on health with heckler local Liberal councillor Graham Jones. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Denis Healey; David Owen; Graham Jones

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Strikes; Health services; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; USSR; NHS; Political parties; Health policy; Nuclear weapons; State security; Defence policy; SDP; Plymouth; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns

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