Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley has resigned

Title

Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley has resigned

Genre

News report; Speech; News bulletin

TX Date

14 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:31

Description

Iain Ramage reads the 18.00 IRN news bulletin focusing on Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley resigning over comments in The Spectator on Europe. With reports from Westminster from political editor Peter Murphy summing up the resignation; Peter Russell on Ridley’s gaffe-prone career (one is included) and says he enjoyed the support of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Nicholas Ridley; Peter Russell; Iain Ramage

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; UK; Germany; Periodicals; Prime ministers; Europe; Cabinet ministers; Resignation (political); Political scandals; Nicholas Ridley; The Spectator

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