Lamont dismissal and Cabinet reshuffle

Title

Lamont dismissal and Cabinet reshuffle

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

28 May 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:29

Description

Report on the dismissal of Norman Lamont as Chancellor who was bitter and rejected the post of Environment Secretary, and the following Cabinet reshuffle. Comment from: Conservative Party chairman Norman Fowler; Chairman of the Tory Backbench 1922 Committee Sir Marcus Fox; Tory Chairman of the All Party Backbench Treasury Committee John Watts; archive speech by new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke; Labour MP George Robertson; new Employment Secretary David Hunt; new Welsh Secretary John Redwood. Kevin Murphy reports. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; John Watts; Kenneth Clarke; John Redwood; Marcus Fox; George Robertson; David Hunt; Kevin Murphy

Keywords

Politics; UK; Unemployment; Economic recession; Politicians; Cabinet ministers; Cabinet (politics); Norman Lamont; Political appointments

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