Chris Patten on new role as Conservative chairman

Title

Chris Patten on new role as Conservative chairman

Genre

Interview

TX Date

29 Nov 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:39

Description

Chris Patten speaks for the first time about his new job as Chairman of the Conservative Party. He agrees he faces many challenges – not least masterminding a fourth Tory victory at the next general election. And on Michael Heseltine’s new role dealing with the poll tax (community charge). Peter Russell puts the questions

Contributors

Chris Patten; Peter Russell

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Conservative Party; Michael Heseltine; Community charge; General elections; Local taxation; Conservatism; Political appointments

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