Rupert Allason has whip removed over Maastricht

Title

Rupert Allason has whip removed over Maastricht

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:07:09

Description

Mike Carlton interviews rebel Conservative Party MP Rupert Allason aka Nigel West about how he has had the whip temporarily removed for not turning up for the confidence vote on the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty called by Prime Minister John Major. On why he wasn’t there, he was not in Bermuda as some claimed; his views on the Maastricht Treaty and Social Chapter; how he was representing his constituency by being against Maastricht and will keep working for them although his constituency party was against his action.

Contributors

Nigel West; Rupert Allason; Mike Carlton

Keywords

Treaties; Parliamentary bills; Conservative Party; Members of Parliament; Europe; Party politics; Maastricht Treaty

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