General election - Parkinson on Healey

Title

General election - Parkinson on Healey

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:01:49

Description

Interview with Conservative Party Chairman Cecil Parkinson, prior to the 1983 General Election, reacting to an attack by Labour Party deputy leader Denis Healey where he suggested Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had exploited the British victory in the Falklands War for her own political ends. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Cecil Parkinson

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political parties; Prime ministers; Party politics; Falklands War (1982); General elections; Denis Healey; Election campaigns

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