Major speech to Scottish Conservatives

Title

Major speech to Scottish Conservatives

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

15 May 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Jim Duff reports from Edinburgh on Prime Minister John Major’s address to the Scottish Conservative Party conference, the first public address since Black Thursday, the defeat in the Newbury by-election and losses in the local elections. Subjects included party unity on Europe, election losses, and Scottish devolution. Includes excerpts of speech.

Contributors

John Major; Jim Duff

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Inflation; UK; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Scotland; Conferences; Devolution; Economic policy; Economic recession; Local elections; Edinburgh; Norman Lamont; Newbury

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