Ashdown on his affair and Northern Ireland

Title

Ashdown on his affair and Northern Ireland

Genre

Interview

TX Date

9 Feb 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:08:38

Description

Leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown speaks to Andrew Neil about the revelation he had an affair with his former secretary Tricia Howard. Answers questions raised in the Mail on Sunday and the Independent on Sunday and discusses the freedom of the press, after they exposed the scandal despite an injunction he had brought. Also on the IRA and the peace process in Northern Ireland. Telephone interview. For Sunday morning phone-in programme.

Contributors

Paddy Ashdown; Andrew Neil

Keywords

Internal politics; Newspapers; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; IRA; Freedom of the press; Peacebuilding; Liberal Democrats; Mail on Sunday; Paddy Ashdown; Political leaders; Extra-marital sex; Right to privacy; Political scandals; Independent on Sunday; Tricia Howard

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