Conservative scandals

Title

Conservative scandals

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Jan 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:00

Description

Simon Hobbs reports following a string of scandals surrounding Conservative Government figures. Prime Minister John Major defends his Back to Basics policy which calls for high moral standards and says he won’t start a witchhunt (from BBC interview with David Frost-not heard). Also interviews with Party chairman Sir Norman Fowler; Labour Party leader John Smith; Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy; Conservative Suffolk councillor Tony Bailey-Smith of Tim Yeo’s constuituency (he has been revealed to have 2 illegitimate children and resigned as a minister).

Contributors

Norman Fowler; John Major; Charles Kennedy; John Smith; Simon Hobbs; BBC; Tony Bailey-Smith

Keywords

Government; Conservative Party; Council housing; Moral values; David Frost; Resignation (political); Extra-marital sex; Steven Norris; Illegitamacy; Tim Yeo; Moral behaviour; Alan Duncan

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