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Decision makers

Title
Decision makers
Genre
Interview; Documentary
TX Date
12 Sep 1985
Year of production
1985
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Duration
00:20:14
Description
Decision Makers, presented by Richard Dallyn. Asking, where do the Alliance parties (Liberals and Social Democrats) go from here? Covers image and identity issues, similarities and differences, and the balance of power. Part 1 charts the views of Liberal Party and SDP politicians during and after the SDP conference in Torquay. Part 2 contains a special interview with Liberal Party leader David Steel. Contributions from SDP leader David Owen; Liberal MP David Alton; Liberal MP Paddy Ashdown; SDP President, Shirley Williams; Danny Finkelstein, Young Social Democrat. Engineer: Heather Branwell.
Contributors
David Steel; Shirley Williams; David Alton; David Owen; Heather Branwell; Richard Dallyn; Paddy Ashdown; Danny Finkelstein
Keywords
Labour Party; Political conferences; Liberal Party; Political parties; David Steel; Conferences; Torquay; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Social Democratic Party; Political coalitions

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