General election - Alliance is the opposition

Title

General election - Alliance is the opposition

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:05:53

Description

Report on a pre-General Election address (with excerpts) by SDP leader Roy Jenkins where he predicts the demise of the Labour Party and suggests that the Alliance is the only true alternative to the Conservative Party. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Roy Jenkins

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Political parties; Prime ministers; Party politics; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; General elections; Political coalitions; Election campaigns

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