Crosby by-election - SDP campaign

Title

Crosby by-election - SDP campaign

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:49

Description

Report on campaigning by the SDP-Liberal Alliance in the Liverpool Crosby by-election (26/11/81). Speakers include: SDP candidate Shirley Williams, who empathises with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government vis-a-vis the Northern Ireland situation. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Shirley Williams

Keywords

Elections; Internal politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; British; Conservative Party; Liverpool; Political parties; Shirley Williams; James Prior; SDP; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Parliamentary candidates; John Butcher; Crosby; John Backhouse

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