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General election campaigning

Title
General election campaigning
Genre
News report
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1983
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Duration
00:02:51
Description
Report on latest events in General Election campaigns including a meeting featuring Liberal Party leader David Steel in West Linton, where he criticised negative campaigning by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Government; meeting featuring Peter Walker, former Agriculture Secretary, who attacked the Labour Party manifesto and its policies on economics and trade unions; meeting featuring Enoch Powell, UUP MP. Female reporter not identified.
Contributors
None Identified
Keywords
Elections; Politics; Trade unions; Internal politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Economics; UK; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Political manifestos; Political parties; David Steel; Economic policy; Prime ministers; Party politics; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Politicians; General elections; Political coalitions; Cecil Parkinson; Political leaders; Enoch Powell; Election campaigns; Meetings; Peter Walker; Industrial policy; UUP; West Linton

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