Tories launch lacklustre European election campaign

Title

Tories launch lacklustre European election campaign

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

23 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Ed Boyle reports on the launch at a press conference of the Conservative Party campaign for the European parliamentary elections and their manifesto A Strong Britain in a Strong Europe. Includes Prime Minister John Major launching the manifesto and looking forward to seeing the Labour Party manifesto; lack of questions to any of the other ministers on the platform; Chancellor Kenneth Clarke ruling out irrelevant discussion of the single currency; brief response from Christopher Prout.

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke; John Major; Ed Boyle; Christopher Prout

Keywords

Elections; UK; Conservative Party; Political manifestos; European Parliament; Europe; Single currency (Europe); Election campaigns

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