Death of Ian Gow - Margaret Thatcher pays tribute
- Title
- Death of Ian Gow - Margaret Thatcher pays tribute
- Genre
- Press conference; Tribute
- TX Date
- 31 Jul 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:03:35
- Description
- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pays tribute to her first private secretary, Ian Gow, who was killed by a car bomb planted under his car seat by the IRA at his home in East Sussex (30/07/90). Thatcher speaks of his career and the close friendship they shared.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher
- Keywords
- Deaths; Politics; Motor vehicles; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Cars; IRA; Airey Neave; Members of Parliament; Security; Bombs; Government ministers; Anglo-Irish Agreement; Ian Gow; Friendship
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