John Major pre-election news conference

Title

John Major pre-election news conference

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Jan 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:06:59

Description

Steve Wright reports on John Major, Conservative Prime Minister, calling a news conference in preparation for the next general election, warning divided members of the Conservative Party not to be complacent and to set in motion a series of policies for the next election manifesto, including rail privatisation, and speaking about Europe, the Royal family and Labour leader Tony Blair’s proposals for devolution. Includes response from Jack Straw, Labour Shadow Home Secretary, with an account of Tony Blair’s response to the conference in a press release.

Contributors

Jack Straw; John Major; Tony Blair; Steve Wright

Keywords

Elections; Politics; UK; British Rail; Railways; Privatization; Monarchy; Royal family; Europe; General elections; Nationalization; Tony Blair; John Major; Private sector; Jack Straw

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