Front bencher fired over Sky TV job

Title

Front bencher fired over Sky TV job

Genre

Interview

TX Date

1 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:46

Description

Peter Spencer interviews Austin Mitchell MP who has been fired from Neil Kinnock’s shadow cabinet as trade spokesman for taking a part time job with Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Television.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; Austin Mitchell

Keywords

Labour Party; Television; Employment; Members of Parliament; Mass media; Rupert Murdoch; Neil Kinnock; Sky Television

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