Title

Lamont unemployment gaffe

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:00:12

Description

Excerpt of a speech by Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont making a gaffe, saying economic recession and high unemplyment are a price worth paying to get inflation down. Broadcast in May as he left for the backbenches?

Contributors

Norman Lamont

Keywords

Politics; Inflation; UK; Unemployment; Economic recession; Politicians

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