Labour Party | Roy Jenkins | Punishment of Terrorists | Terrorism | 1974

THE HOME SECRETARY, THE RT HON ROY JENKINS, AN INTERVIEW. THE FIRST SINCE THE BIRMINGHAM BOMBINGS. ONE OF THE TOPICS ARE THE NEW MEASURES TO DEAL WITH THE TERRORISTS, THE SUCCESS OF POLICE IN TRACKING DOWN THE BOMBERS AND THE CALL BY SIR JUSTICE SCARMAN FOR A BILL ON RIGHTS TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY EXCESS.
First shown: 12/12/1974
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[@stevebbuk]

The level of debate today compares nothing to this: a sensible conversation on the whole which the auditor could follow without the constant whooping and jeering of a studio audience.

[@stevehillier7018]

stevebbuk and answering questions as honestly as possible

[@bluethunder6801]

@@stevehillier7018 exactly what I thought

[@omalone1169]

@@bluethunder6801 this alongside Firing Line and Open Mind

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

Should've negotiated in 'good faith' at time.

[@omalone1169]

2:55 how can they call them terrorists if they stole their land ?

[@invisibleman4827]

​@omalone1169 Because bombing civilians to coerce them to comply with their demands is textbook definition of terrorism. There's no debate that the IRA mass murder was just that.