US reaction to new UK Prime Minister

Title

US reaction to new UK Prime Minister

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:34

Description

Report on reaction in the USA to John Major becoming the new UK Prime Minister, and implications for US-UK relations. US President George H.W. Bush has called him from Airforce One; newspaper comments have mostly been favourable, except those by Wesley Pruden of the Washington Times, whose headline ran Maggie Gets Her Man. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USA; Newspapers; Margaret Thatcher; UK; International relations; Political leadership; Prime ministers; John Major; George H. W. Bush; Wesley Pruden; Washington Times

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