Britain | TV debates
Squashing Paddy
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FIVE years ago, when Neil Kinnock challenged John Major to a series of television debates during the 1992 election campaign, he was dismissed with a snub. “Every party politician that expects to lose tries that trick, every politician that expects to win says no,” declared Mr Major.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Squashing Paddy”
From the March 22nd 1997 edition
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