Major calls for Conservative unity

Title

Major calls for Conservative unity

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:03:22

Description

Jeff Collins reports on Prime Minister John Major calling for unity in the Conservative Party as the election must be held soon. Two MPs have recently defected from the Party, further reducing their majority and there have been press reports that two more are thinking of leaving. Includes Major interview from Breakfast with Frost on the BBC (BBC copyright); Jonathan Holborow, editor of the Mail on Sunday; Chris Moncrieff, former political editor of the Press Association; Tony Blair, Labour leader; Michael Mates, Northern Ireland Secretary.

Contributors

John Major; Michael Mates; Tony Blair; Jeff Collins; Chris Moncrieff; Jonathan Holborow

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Conservative Party; BBC; Members of Parliament; Television programmes; Alan Howarth; Peter Thurnham; Emma Nicholson; Andrew Rowe; Breakfast with Frost (TV programme)

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