Prescott pulls out of bid for Labour deputy leader
- Title
- Prescott pulls out of bid for Labour deputy leader
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 20 Jan 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:02:17
- Description
- Peter Murphy interview with John Prescott on standing down from his challenge for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party because he was worried that an election battle would lead to a damaging public row and damage attempts to unite the party. He denies that he was pressurised into the decision by leader, Neil Kinnock.
- Contributors
- Peter Murphy; John Prescott
- Keywords
- Elections; Labour Party; Political parties; Party politics; Neil Kinnock; Democracy
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