British Rail privatisation proposal

Title

British Rail privatisation proposal

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

28 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Eve Conway reports on a speech by Transport Secretary Paul Channon to the Centre for Policy Studies, a Tory think tank, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on options for privatisation of British Rail (includes speech excerpts). NUR leader Jimmy Knapp calls the proposals bizarre.

Contributors

Jimmy Knapp; Paul Channon; Eve Conway

Keywords

British Rail; NUR; Privatization; Rail safety; Rail transport; Private ownership

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