Alan Beith on sterling crisis
- Title
- Alan Beith on sterling crisis
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 17 Sep 1992
- Year of production
- 1992
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- Duration
- 00:02:38
- Description
- Des Fahy reports on a speech by Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Alan Beith at the party’s conference in Harrogate, where he attacks the Government’s handling of the sterling crisis following Britain being forced to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). In his speech he accused Prime Minister John Major of incompetence and warned of a return to Thatcherism. Includes excerpts from the speech.
- Contributors
- Alan Beith; Des Fahy
- Keywords
- Economics; UK; Conservative Party; Political conferences; International relations; Political parties; Conferences; Exchange rates; Economic policy; Interest rates; Europe; Liberal Democrats; Harrogate; Currencies; International monetary systems
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