Foot

The disastrous lead up to the 1983 general election
The disastrous lead up to the 1983 general election. Michael Foot interviewed by ITV.

Peter Tatchell runs for Labour in 1983
In 1983 Peter Tatchell ran as the Labour candidate in the Bermondsey by-election facing a barrage of homophobia

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