LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Nigel Lawson pounced on by a demonstrator

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

14 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:21

Description

Gareth Furby reports on the traditional pre-budget walkabout in St James Park, London by Chancellor Nigel Lawson where he is pounced on by an anti-smoking demonstrator despite tight security. The man is heard shouting about tax on tobacco; policeman refuses to comment; press photographers grumble about their mortgages; Lawson refuses to talk to press; his dogs bark and growl at the press.

Contributors

Nigel Lawson; Gareth Furby

Keywords

Budgets; Taxation; Press; Political protests; Demonstrations; National budgets; Security; Nigel Lawson; Mortgages (loans); Anti-smoking movements; St James Park

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