Paddy Ashdown on sterling crisis

Title

Paddy Ashdown on sterling crisis

Genre

Speech

TX Date

17 Sep 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:00:26

Description

Keynote speech extract by Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown at the party’s conference in Harrogate, where he attacks the Government and Prime Minister John Major’s handling of the sterling crisis following Britain being forced to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).

Contributors

Paddy Ashdown

Keywords

Government; Economics; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Political leadership; Political parties; Conferences; Economic policy; Prime ministers; Liberal Democrats; Harrogate; Currencies; Political leaders; John Major

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