John Major calls ministers bastards

Title

John Major calls ministers bastards

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

Tanya Hines reports on the publishing in newspapers of an off the record conversation between Prime Minister John Major and a journalist in which he called 3 Euro-sceptic cabinet ministers bastards. Includes interviews with Conservative Party Chairman Sir Norman Fowler on the breach of journalist ethics, calling for the BBC to have an inquiry and saying there is no Tory split over the Maastricht Treaty; Lord Tebbit (Norman Tebbit) playing down the comments; Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown and shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair on the damage to the government.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Norman Tebbit; Paddy Ashdown; Tony Blair; Tanya Hines

Keywords

Treaties; Newspapers; Conservative Party; Political leadership; Ethics; Europe; Journalists; Cabinet ministers; John Major; Maastricht Treaty

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