Crosby By-election - Candidates

Title

Crosby By-election - Candidates

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:06:31

Description

Report on campaigning by the parties in the Liverpool Crosby By-election (26/11/81). Speakers include: Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Shirley Williams; Labour candidate John Backhouse; Conservative candidate John Butcher; Dr Richard Small, Ecology Party; Thomas Keen, Independent; Bill Boaks, Independent; John Kennedy, Independent (Middlesex Polytechnic Suspended Students); Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Ole-Biscuitbarrel, Monster Raving Loony Party. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Shirley Williams; Bill Boaks; John Butcher; John Kennedy; Thomas Keen; John Backhouse; Richard Small; Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Ole-Biscuitbarrel

Keywords

Elections; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Liverpool; Ecology Party; Political parties; Shirley Williams; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Parliamentary candidates; Monster Raving Loony Party; Election campaigns; Bill Boaks; John Butcher; Crosby; John Backhouse; Richard Small; Thomas Leslie Keen; John Kennedy; Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Ole-Biscuitbarrel

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