Interview with Gus Williams who stood for the Liberal party in Nuneaton at the 1979 General Election. He calls for encouragement from within political parties. There is also an interview with a Liberal spokesman who admits that a black candidate will lose the party votes. We then an exterior shot of the Nanaksar Gurdwara Sikh temple on Foleshilll Road in Coventry followed by vox pops in Birmingham asking black and Asian voters their views on voting. Next, in Coventry we meet the leader of the Labour group on the City Council, Arthur Waugh, who talks about the need for diversity amongst councillors. We then follow a prospective Sikh candidate (Dr Amaji Kukreja?) who is standing in next month's local council elections as he canvasses door to door in the Radford ward of the city. Finally there is an interview with Bert Carless whom, in 1979, became the first black councillor in Birmingham when he was elected in the Aston ward. He shows a racist and abusive letter that he received when he started in politics. Includes library shots of the riots in Bristol earlier in April 1980.
Followed by trims that includes extra views of Foleshill Road in Coventry and views of derelict and boarded up terraced houses (location may be Small Heath).
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