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Advocacy

Workers in the firing line, People in the street, and others not accustomed to being heard, come to the television studio to have their say on matters which affect us all. Selling Britain by the Pound is the first of a new occasional series in the Open Space slot, in which barrister Michael Mansfield takes on a brief on behalf of a group of concerned citizens who have a common cause. This week they take on those who have made privatisation one of the central issues of the day. A group of workers and users of public services and industry propose that social need and public will should determine the running of the economy, rather than market forces. Angered by the sale of British Telecom and other public industries, and concerned about the privatisation of local and health services, they argue for constructive alternatives.

English
  • Originally Aired January 16, 1985
  • Network BBC Two
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