Earl of Stockton on privatisation
- Title
- Earl of Stockton on privatisation
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
- TX Date
- 9 Nov 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:02:20
- Description
- Report on the Earl of Stockton, Harold Macmillan’s speech at the Tory Reform Group, saying that the country is virtually bankrupt, and that privatisation will not help, equating it to selling off the family silver, with excerpts. The speech has caused dissent in the Conservative Party, while Labour MP Tony Benn gives Lord Stockton’s speech the party’s full support. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Harold Macmillan; Tony Benn
- Keywords
- Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; Conservative Party; Privatization; Party politics; Neil Kinnock; Peter Walker; Tory Reform Group; Peter Bruinvels
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