LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Labour leader John Smith dies

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Broadcast of extracts from an archive 1989 LBC interview with the then shadow Chancellor John Smith, four months after his first heart attack. Follows the Labour Party leader’s sudden death from a heart attack on 12/05/94. On his recovery and loss of weight; economic problems facing Chancellor Nigel Lawson; and his readiness to resume an adversarial Commons role. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

John Smith

Keywords

Deaths; Politics; Labour Party; Health; Economics; Political leadership; Political parties; Nigel Lawson; Political leaders; Heart arrest; John Smith; Politicans

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