General Election - Labour broadcast (Jennifer’s Ear)
- Title
- General Election - Labour broadcast (Jennifer’s Ear)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
- TX Date
- 25 Mar 1992
- Year of production
- 1992
- Play audio
- To listen to the audio files, please log in.
- Duration
- 00:02:23
- Description
- Peter Murphy reports on the 1992 UK General Election campaign in which a Labour Party broadcast focusing on the National Health Service has been attacked by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. Includes statements by Prime Minister John Major; Chris Patten, Conservative Party Chairman; William Waldegrave, Health Secretary; Neil Kinnock, Labour Party leader; Charles Kennedy, Liberal Democrats president; Paddy Ashdown, Liberal Democrats leader. The controversial broadcast featured five year-old Jennifer Bennett and her delay in receiving treatment for an ear operation. The broadcast was later known as Jennifer’s Ear.
- Contributors
- Peter Murphy; Neil Kinnock; John Major; Chris Patten; Charles Kennedy; William Waldegrave; Paddy Ashdown
- Keywords
- Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Health services; Conservative Party; NHS; Political parties; Children (age group); Liberal Democrats; General elections; Election campaigns; Political campaigns; Broadcasts
The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 571 times.