John Major pays tribute to Peter Brooke
- Title
- John Major pays tribute to Peter Brooke
- Genre
- Press conference; Tribute
- TX Date
- 20 Jan 1992
- Year of production
- 1992
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- Duration
- 00:00:20
- Description
- Prime Minister John Major defends the intentions of Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Brooke after he rashly sang Oh My Darling, Clementine on Irish television only hours after IRA bombs killed seven people in Cookstown, County Tyrone. Major reminds people how much Brooke has done for Northern Ireland. He (Major) has already said Brooke will not be leaving his post.
- Contributors
- John Major
- Keywords
- Government; Northern Ireland; Cabinet ministers; Resignation (political); Peter Brooke
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LBC/IRN, "John Major pays tribute to Peter Brooke". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000300221015 (Accessed 22 Jun 2025)