General election - Campaigns tackle health and unions

Title

General election - Campaigns tackle health and unions

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:16

Description

Report on the 1987 General Election party campaigns; press conference featuring PM Margaret Thatcher (04/06/87) defending her use of private health care; comment from Neil Kinnock, Labour leader on case of Mark Burgess- on heart transplant waiting list (and reply from Thatcher); speech by William (Bill) Rodgers, SDP Vice-President on union power over Labour; interview with David Steel, Liberal leader on whether he would support Thatcher as leader of the Conservatives in a coalition. Reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Contributors

William Rodgers; Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; Neil Kinnock; Peter Murphy?

Keywords

Elections; Trade unions; Labour Party; Heart transplantation; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; NHS; Political parties; Private health care; SDP; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns; Heath services; Mark Burgess

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