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General Election - Tory advert row

Title
General Election - Tory advert row
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
May 1983
Year of production
1983
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Duration
00:03:40
Description
Report on controversy over general election propaganda by the Conservative Party in the ethnic minority press following the refusal of the Caribbean Times newspaper to carry the advertising. Includes interviews with Ben Bousquet, Labour candidate; Patrick Jenkin, Conservative home affairs spokesman; Simon Hughes, Liberal MP; Roy Hattersley, Labour home affairs spokesman. Female reporter not identified (poss. Antonia Higgs). The male speaker at the start of the clip is not identified (poss. Des Fahy).
Contributors
Patrick Jenkin; Roy Hattersley; Simon Hughes; Des Fahy?; Antonia Higgs?; Ben Bousquet
Keywords
Elections; Labour Party; Newspapers; Interethnic relations; Conservative Party; Propaganda; Advertising; Political parties; Mass media; Black peoples; African-Caribbean peoples; General elections; Election campaigns; Advertisements; Caribbean Times

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