General Election - Thatcher endorses Major

Title

General Election - Thatcher endorses Major

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

23 Mar 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:02

Description

Des Fahy reports on the second week of campaigning in the 1992 UK General Election campaign. Former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher has given her endorsement to John Major and attacked Labour over their European policy. The Liberal Democrats are focusing on education while Labour are pointing to the latest economic figures as a sign of the Government’s failure. Includes speeches/interviews by/with Margaret Thatcher; Matthew Taylor, Liberal Democrat education spokesman; shadow industry spokesman Gordon Brown.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Des Fahy; Gordon Brown; Matthew Taylor

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; Education; UK; Great Britain; Conservative Party; Political parties; Prime ministers; Europe; Liberal Democrats; General elections; John Major; Financial statistics; Economic statistics

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