Major on Thatcher standing down as MP
- Title
- Major on Thatcher standing down as MP
- Genre
- Tribute
- TX Date
- 28 Jun 1991
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:00:20
- Description
- Interview with UK Prime Minister John Major, about the announcement that former PM Margaret Thatcher is to leave the House of Commons, standing down as an MP, at the next General Election. Thatcher has promised she’ll back him. Major pays tribute to her and says her political career is far from over (she is likely to go into the House of Lords). Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- John Major
- Keywords
- Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Members of Parliament; Prime ministers; Politicians; Resignation (political)
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