Auberon Waugh claims semtex benign invention

Title

Auberon Waugh claims semtex benign invention

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:48

Description

Report on remarks in his right wing magazine column by journalist and author Auberon Waugh, saying Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should retire and that semtex is a benign invention. Follows bombing of the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in 1984. Includes interview with Waugh and MP Harry Greenway who says the remarks are in poor taste. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Auberon Waugh; Harry Greenway

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Conferences; Auberon Waugh; Journalists; Bombs; Political leaders; Explosives; Brighton

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