Terry Dicks – an 80s Tory politician
Terry Dicks was a Conservative politician active from the 1970s to 1990s who took far right positions on immigration, LGBT rights and other issues
2012
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Marxism at Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
In 1982, I ran to be welfare officer of Liverpool University Guild of Undergraduates – needless to say, I didn’t win!
The Falklands War – the view from 1982
The Falklands War in 1982 rescued the then unpopular Thatcher government and led to the general election victory of 1982 as Tony McMahon reports
Bigoted judges in the 1970s and 1980s
The 1970s and 1980s saw some bigoted judges make outrageous comments on homosexuality, race and trades unions as Tony McMahon reports
The day the 1970s died
The 1970s were a stormy decade in politics and music and Tony McMahon sets out to find how the 1970s died
The Warriors – the best cult movie of 1979
The 1979 movie The Warriors was hated by critics at the time but has deservedly acquired cult status as Tony McMahon discovers
Our Lips Are Sealed – Go Go’s and Fun Boy Three
Our Lips Are Sealed – Go Go’s and Fun Boy Three
Steel Pulse – Buzzcocks- China Street – against the Nazis
Steel Pulse – Buzzcocks- China Street – against the Nazis