A series in which current, controversial issues are put on trial before
Dick Taverne. QC and an audience of jurors assembled, this evening, at the Manchester Business School.
The proposition: The Closed Shop is an Unjustified Infringement of Personal Liberty is proposed by Nicholas Wlnterton , mp (Conservative for Macclesfield) and opposed by Colin Barnett. North West Regional Secretary of the TUC
Each advocate will call his witnesses, cross-question his opponent's and argue his case so that the jury may reach a verdict. Producers CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM and HUGH PURCELL BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Thursday 11.5 am)