General election - Alliance and coalition

Title

General election - Alliance and coalition

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:17

Description

Report on SDP-Liberal Alliance ruling out a coalition with the Conservative Party if there is a hung parliament after the 1987 General Election and Thatcher stays as leader; interview with David Steel, Liberal leader (interviewer might be Peter Deeley); speech by David Owen, SDP leader; press conference with Tory Chairman Norman Tebbit; interview with Labour leader Neil Kinnock. Also PM Margaret Thatcher speech on economy from Scotland; Gerald Kaufman Labour Home Affairs spokesman on crime. Reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy or Peter Spencer).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; Norman Tebbit; David Owen; Neil Kinnock; Gerald Kaufman; Peter Deeley?

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Political parties; SDP; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns

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