LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

European elections - reaction to results

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:07

Description

Peter Spencer reports on the UK results in the 1989 European elections, in which the Labour Party claimed victory after taking ten seats from the Conservatives. The Greens took fifteen percent of the vote, in many places beating the Social and Liberal Democrats into fourth place. Includes interviews with Neil Kinnock, Labour leader; Paddy Ashdown, SLD leader; Jean Lambert, Green Party; Edward Heath, Conservative MP; Peter Brooke, Conservative Party chairman.

Contributors

Edward Heath; Peter Spencer; Neil Kinnock; Paddy Ashdown; Peter Brooke; Jean Lambert

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; EEC; UK; Great Britain; Conservative Party; Green Party; Political parties; European Parliament; Europe; SLD

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