Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip

Title

Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip

Genre

Interview

TX Date

23 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:14

Description

Labour’s Deputy Chief Whip, Nick Brown on MP Peter Thurnham’s decision to resign the Conservative Party whip, ostensibly over the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq, which has reduced the Government’s Commons majority to just two.

Contributors

Nick Brown

Keywords

Reports; Government; Exports; UK; Conservative Party; Arms sales; Political parties; Members of Parliament; Resignation (political); Iraq; Peter Thurnham; Scott Report; Richard Scott; Political scandals

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