LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Thatcher’s resignation

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:44

Description

Report on Conservative comment on Margaret Thatcher’s resignation and Conservative Party leadership contest from: unidentified backbenchers; Former Employment Secretary Norman Fowler; Transport Minister Cecil Parkinson; leadership challenger Michael Heseltine; Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke; Foreign Secretary and leadership candidate Douglas Hurd; Home Secretary David Waddington; Trade Secretary Peter Lilley; Sports Minister Robert Atkins and Pro- European Hugh Dykes. Ends with archive interview clip of Thatcher. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Margaret Thatcher; Michael Heseltine; Kenneth Clarke; Cecil Parkinson; Douglas Hurd; Robert Atkins; Hugh Dykes; David Waddington; Peter Lilley

Keywords

Elections; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political leadership; Prime ministers; Politicians; John Major; Resignation (political)

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