Paddy Ashdown on Powergen sale

Title

Paddy Ashdown on Powergen sale

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Peter Russell interviews Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown about the Government’s intention to sell the country’s power utility Powergen and whether it is possible that it could fall into foreign ownership.

Contributors

Paddy Ashdown; Peter Russell

Keywords

Government; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political parties; Privatization; Prime ministers; Liberal Democrats; Public ownership; Power industry; Powergen; Energy supply; Private ownership; Electricity utilities; Public utilities

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