Peter Murphy’s parliamentary awards

Title

Peter Murphy’s parliamentary awards

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate; Special

TX Date

10 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:07:29

Description

Peter Murphy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at events in the House of Commons this week, giving awards for good and bad performances. The cast are Frank Haynes; Dennis Skinner; Geoffrey Dickens; Tony Banks; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; disgraced Conservative MP John Browne; Sir Geoffrey Howe; Tony Benn; former Prime Minister Ted Heath; Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley; Mo Mowlam; David Steel; David Ashby; Anthony Beaumont-Dark; Dale Campbell-Savours. Subjects are the poll tax (community charge); John Browne MPs undeclared business interests; the Department of Trade report on the House of Fraser takeover 5 years ago by Mohamed Al Fayed and brothers.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; Margaret Thatcher; Edward Heath; David Steel; Peter Murphy; Tony Benn; David Ashby; Neil Kinnock; Dennis Skinner; Nicholas Ridley; Anthony Beaumont-Dark; Tony Banks; Geoffrey Dickens; Frank Haynes; Dale Campbell-Savours; Mo Mowlam; John Browne

Keywords

Reports; Political demonstrations; Labour Party; Fraud; Conservative Party; Violence; Political parties; Members of Parliament; Corruption; Political corruption; Liberal Democrats; Community charge; Local taxation; Political violence; Business acquisitions; Lonrho; John Browne; House of Fraser; Mohamed Al Fayed; Political behaviour

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