IRA terrorist gets job at polytechnic
- Title
- IRA terrorist gets job at polytechnic
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 8 Feb 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:36
- Description
- Simon Israel reports on the controversial decision of the Polytechnic of North London to employ a convicted IRA bomber, Anthony Madigan, as a campus official. Norman Tebbit, former Conservative Party chairman, said parents of potential students should know. Leslie Wagner, the institution’s director, accuses the former minister of pursuing a vendetta against the polytechnic.
- Contributors
- Simon Israel; Leslie Wagner
- Keywords
- London; Terrorism; IRA; Employment; Norman Tebbit; Colleges (UK); Technological institutes; Anthony Madigan; Polytechnic of North London; General technical education
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