Mixed feelings about result of first round of Tory leadership contest

Title

Mixed feelings about result of first round of Tory leadership contest

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:52

Description

Paul Rowley reports for LBC Newstalk breakfast from Westminster on mixed reaction to the results of the first round of the Conservative Party leadership contest in which Margaret Thatcher failed an outright win over Michael Heseltine, and opposition calls for a general election. Interviews with: Anthony Beaumont-Dark, Tory MPs Teresa Gorman and Peter Temple-Morris; former Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley; Labour Party campaign co-ordinator Jack Cunningham; Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown. Labour has tabled a no confidence motion but Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke says the move will backfire and reunite the Tories.

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke; Nicholas Ridley; Paul Rowley; Anthony Beaumont-Dark; Jack Cunningham; Paddy Ashdown; Teresa Gorman; Peter Temple-Morris

Keywords

Elections; Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political leadership; Michael Heseltine; Ballots; Prime ministers

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