Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip

Title

Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:03

Description

Bolton MP Peter Thurnham has resigned the Conservative Party whip, ostensibly over the Scott Report into arms sales to Iraq. John Major’s majority is now only two and party reaction was mostly hostile. Jeff Collins reports. Contributions from Peter Thurnham himself; Prime Minister John Major; Deputy Constituency Chairman, Michael Lager; Ken Taylor, Constituency Agent in Coventry South West; Liz Dodsworth, from Welsh Secretary William Hague’s constituency office in Richmond, North Yorkshire; Norman Critchley, Chairman in Thurman’s Bolton North East constituency, who says they have elected a new parliamentary candidate to replace him: Robert Wilson.

Contributors

John Major; Jeff Collins; Norman Critchley; Peter Thurnham; Ken Taylor; Michael Lager; Liz Dodsworth

Keywords

Government; Conservative Party; Members of Parliament; Political activists; Peter Thurnham; Scott Report; Robert Wilson

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