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- BFI identifier487528
- Date1997-05-17 (Television)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisFilm report on the Conservative Party leadership election, where 75% of the constituencies have no vote, with comments from Robin Hodgson (Conservative National Union Executive) and Conservative MP's John MacGregor, Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith and Virginia Bottomley. The item concludes with a studio interview with Conservative MP Stephen Dorrell. Vincent Hanna reports on Tony Blair's recent visit to Belfast. An interview with Bill Morris, General Secretary of the Transport and General Worker's Union, on the issue of the minimum wage and whether a businessman should be chairing the commission when it is eventually established. A film report by Anthony Lee on the Conservative Party in Scotland including interviews with Annabel Goldie (Chairwoman of the Scottish Conservative Party), Brian Meek (Chairman of the Conservatives, Edinburgh Council), Arthur Bell (Chairman of the Scottish Tory Reform Group), and Phil Gallie (Conservative MP for Ayr, 1992-97). An interview with Frank Field MP, Minister for Welfare Reform, on the shake-up of the welfare state as proposed in the Queen's speech. (NFA Catalogue)
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Title
A Week in Politics[17/05/97] (Original)
Category
Non Fiction- A Week in Politics
Series Work - 776239
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
- +A Week in Politics[17/05/97]
Work - 487528 - 1997-05-17 (Television)
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
- +A Week in Politics[17/05/97]
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