David Steel on possible Liberal-SDP merger

Title

David Steel on possible Liberal-SDP merger

Genre

Interview

TX Date

23 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:41

Description

Richard Bestic interviews Liberal Party leader David Steel on the speech he will make today to persuade the Liberal assembly in Blackpool to vote for the merger with the SDP, in what will be seen as a make or break address. Steel describes his speech and what it means to the party.

Contributors

David Steel; Richard Bestic

Keywords

Politics; Political conferences; Liberal Party; Political parties; Conferences; SDP; Political coalitions; Blackpool; Political leaders

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