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  1. Channel tunnel to go ahead - AA on winning bid (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Filsell of the Automobile Association is sceptical about the winning fixed-link Channel crossing bidder Channel Tunnel Group’s drive-on, drive-off shuttle trains, and disappointed with the decision...

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  2. British Rail privatisation proposal (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Eve Conway reports on a speech by Transport Secretary Paul Channon to the Centre for Policy Studies, a Tory think tank, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on options for privatisation of...

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  3. Nigel Lawson warns rail strikes could hit investment (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Elena Curti reports on a statement by Chancellor Nigel Lawson, directed towards the rail unions, that further strikes could jeopardise investment in the railways. He told TUC leaders that it would be hard to...

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  4. British Rail hardens line on strike (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with British Rail Chairman, Sir Robert (Bob) Basil Reid, in which he says BR cannot meet the striking rail workers’ wage demands despite the announcement of record profits. The national network...

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  5. NUR strike - Jimmy Knapp reacts to BR chairman’s comments (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Maggie Shiels interviews Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the NUR, who reacts to comments made by British Rail chairman, Sir Bob (Robert Basil) Reid, who said that BR cannot meet the striking rail...

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  6. Paul Channon on rail strike (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Paul Channon, Transport Secretary, who says the announcement of British Rail’s record three hundred million-pound profit does not mean that the wage demands of the striking rail workers can...

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  7. Rail strikes debated in Parliament (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Spencer takes a lighthearted look back at the week in Parliament with much debate on the national rail strikes over pay. Includes speeches by Geoffrey Dickens; member of House of Lords; Neil Kinnock;...

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