Green pound devaluation - Conservative view

Title

Green pound devaluation - Conservative view

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:35

Description

Interview with the Conservative agriculture spokesman John Peyton on the way the Labour Government has devalued the green pound (exchange rate used by Europe for conversion of agricultural prices to sterling) by not acting quickly enough or with enough vigour and what their policy would be. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

John Peyton

Keywords

Government; Labour Party; Agriculture; EEC; Farming; UK; Conservative Party; Farmers; Price policy; Currency devaluation; Europe; Food; Food prices; Food industry

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