Death of Ian Gow - Margaret Thatcher comments

Title

Death of Ian Gow - Margaret Thatcher comments

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:00:49

Description

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks to press about the death of Conservative MP Ian Gow, who was killed by an IRA car bomb at his home in Eastbourne on 30/07/90. Gow is the first MP to have been killed by the IRA since Airey Neave in 1979.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Deaths; Politics; Motor vehicles; Terrorism; Cars; IRA; Airey Neave; Members of Parliament; Security; Personal safety; Bombs; Explosions; Ian Gow

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