Rowdy debate on ERM

Title

Rowdy debate on ERM

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:29

Description

Sally Arthy reports on the first Prime Minister’s Question Time of the new Parliamentary session with a rowdy exchange on the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. Leader of the Labour Party, Neil Kinnock, attacks Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who defends her decisions and praises her Chancellor, John Major. Regular interjections of Order from the Speaker, Bernard Weatherill.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Neil Kinnock; Bernard Weatherill; Sally Arthy

Keywords

Prime ministers; Europe; Nigel Lawson; International monetary systems; John Major

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