Paddy Ashdown admits affair

Title

Paddy Ashdown admits affair

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

5 Feb 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Peter Russell reports from Westminster on the revelation Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown had an affair with his former secretary Tricia Howard 5 years ago. Papers on the affair were stolen from his solicitors’ office and offered to newspapers then unable to publish them because of an injunction. Includes Ashdown admitting the affair at a House of Commons press conference after some details were published; comment from former Liberal Party leader Sir David Steel; Labour Party Campaign Coordinator Jack Cunningham.

Contributors

David Steel; Jack Cunningham; Paddy Ashdown; Peter Russell

Keywords

Politics; Newspapers; Political parties; Mass media; Liberal Democrats; Paddy Ashdown; Political leaders; Extra-marital sex; Theft; Solicitors; Political scandals; Injunctions; Tricia Howard

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