Thatcher fails first round of leadership contest

Title

Thatcher fails first round of leadership contest

Genre

Interview; Press conference; Speech; News bulletin

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:02

Description

19.00 news bulletin read by Julie Benson. Focuses on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher failing an outright win in the first round of the Conservative Party leadership battle, including press conferences with reaction to results from Thatcher (speaking from Paris) and rival Michael Heseltine, interview with Employment Minister Michael Howard. The Labour Party has put forward a motion of no confidence in Thatcher’s government- deputy leader Roy Hattersley explains why in the Commons.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Michael Heseltine; Roy Hattersley; Michael Howard; Julie Benson

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political leadership; Ballots; Neil Kinnock

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