Energy Secretary John Wakeham to retire
- Title
- Energy Secretary John Wakeham to retire
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:02:33
- Description
- Energy Secretary John Wakeham on his decision to retire which follows the departure of Cecil Parkinson, Norman Tebbit and George Younger from Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet. On his career and achievements with reference to John Major, the privatization of the electricity industry, being Chief Whip and injuries from the IRA bombing of the Conservative Party conference in Brighton.
- Contributors
- John Wakeham
- Keywords
- Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; IRA; Privatization; Electrical industry; Prime ministers; Norman Tebbit; Politicians; Cecil Parkinson; John Wakeham; Cabinet ministers; Retirement; Bombs; John Major; Brighton; George Younger
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