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New chairman for BR

Title
New chairman for BR
Genre
News report; Interview; Press conference
TX Date
7 Dec 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:02:27
Description
Michael O’Neill on the photo call at Euston Station with outgoing British Rail Chairman Sir Robert Basil Reid and new chairman Robert Paul Reid, which he attended, and the controversy over the high rise in the pay packet offered with the role. Includes interview with the new Bob Reid; press conference with Cecil Parkinson, Transport Secretary; interview with John Prescott, Labours transport spokesman; press interview with outgoing Sir Bob.
Contributors
Cecil Parkinson; John Prescott; Michael O’Neill; Robert Basil Reid; Robert Paul Reid
Keywords
Wages; British Rail; Railways; Railway companies; Robert Reid; Euston Station

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