Resignation of Michael Mates

Title

Resignation of Michael Mates

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

25 Jun 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:25

Description

Report on the resignation of Northern Ireland Minister, Michael Mates following the disclosure that Mates had given an inscribed watch to fugitive Asil Nadir as a gift. Speakers are Michael Mates; Prime Minister John Major; Asil Nadir; Northern Ireland Secretary, Patrick Mayhew; Conservative backbencher Peter Temple-Morris; Dame Jill Knight; Conservative MP, William Powell; Conservative backbencher Nicholas Winterton. Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports. Audio in mono.

Contributors

Patrick Mayhew; Nicholas Winterton; John Major; Michael Mates; William Powell; Jill Knight; Peter Temple-Morris; Kevin Murphy; Asil Nadir

Keywords

Politics; Government; Fraud; Crime; Conservative Party; Finance; Cabinet ministers; Resignation (political); Gifts; Donations; Polly Peck International; Asil Nadir; Michael Mates

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