Paddy Ashdown calls for SDP-SLD party merger
- Title
- Paddy Ashdown calls for SDP-SLD party merger
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 5 May 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:20
- Description
- In the wake of the Vale of Glamorgan by-election and other election results, Social and Liberal Democrats leader, Paddy Ashdown calls upon David Owen’s SDP to merge with his party. However, Rosie Barnes MP takes a principled stand against this suggestion. Paul Rowley reports.
- Contributors
- Paul Rowley; Paddy Ashdown; Rosie Barnes
- Keywords
- Elections; Politics; Political parties; SDP; Mergers; SLD
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LBC/IRN, "Paddy Ashdown calls for SDP-SLD party merger". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0004800408003 (Accessed 02 May 2025)