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WHAT HAPPENED ON 13th October 1996?
12th October 1996
ASHDOWN APPLAUDS DEFECTOR'S DECISION
Tory MP Peter Thurnham's defection to the Liberal Democrats was a "brave decision" Paddy Ashdown has said. The Liberal Democrat leader said Mr Thurnham's move would be "respected by many" in Britain. Labour leader Tony Blair in South Africa said it showed "even life-long Tories are turning away". A Conservative spokesman said the defection did not change anything and the move had been expected.
13th October 1996
The latest
setback to the Euro-fighter project: For a decade the Euro-fighter project has been bedevilled by squabbling. Under a complex agreement almost 40% of the plane would be made by British Aerospace the rest by manufacturers in Germany Italy & Spain. Britain has announced it wants 230 planes for the RAF but unless all the other countries involved pledge firm orders production cannot commence.
13th October 1996
GOLDSMITH DENIES "BUYING UP DEMOCRACY"
Sir James Goldsmith has denied using his wealth to distort the political process through his Referendum Party. The party is putting up candidates against those it says are against a referendum on the future of Britain's place in Europe. He told the BBC it was European Commission propaganda that was distorting the debate. He said his aim was to give people a choice adding: "I seek no power."
12th October 1996
BUSINESS AS USUAL
IN HONG KONG? With 9 months to go to the handover to China there is an official propaganda onslaught to proclaim that it will be business as usual in Hong Kong. The property market is recovering well and the stock market is flourishing. But underneath businesses faces an uncertain future - especially the British-owned ones that have so richly benefited from the colony's unique mixture of laissez-faire economic & a fair legal system. The Money Programme looks at the future
13th October 1996
The latest
setback to the Euro-fighter project: For a decade the Euro-fighter project has been bedevilled by squabbling. Under a complex agreement almost 40% of the plane would be made by British Aerospace the rest by manufacturers in Germany Italy & Spain. Britain has announced it wants 230 planes for the RAF but unless all the other countries involved pledge firm orders production cannot commence.
13th October 1996
The latest
setback to the Euro-fighter project: Now the German government is just weeks away from deciding whether to buy 180 jets for its air force; 14 000 British jobs depend on the answer. The chairman of the German parliament's defence committee has told the Money Programme that Germany will sign up. But the chairman Klaus Roser says deliveries of the plane will take place over a much longer period than envisaged originally.
12th October 1996
US PEACE KEEPERS BEGIN BOSNIA EXODUS
The first batch of US peacekeeping troops to be withdrawn from Bosnia are heading for their barracks in Germany. They are being redeployed under the terms of President Clinton's agreement with Congress which required the 15 000 soldiers to remain for a defined period A substantial number will remain for next month's municipal elections. But more US troops will replace them as Nato members acknowledge the need to cover the withdrawal of the Ifor force.
13th October 1996
The latest
setback to the Euro-fighter project: For a decade the Euro-fighter project has been bedevilled by squabbling. Under a complex agreement almost 40% of the plane would be made by British Aerospace the rest by manufacturers in Germany Italy & Spain. Britain has announced it wants 230 planes for the RAF but unless all the other countries involved pledge firm orders production cannot commence.
13th October 1996
The latest
setback to the Euro-fighter project: Now the German government is just weeks away from deciding whether to buy 180 jets for its air force; 14 000 British jobs depend on the answer. The chairman of the German parliament's defence committee has told the Money Programme that Germany will sign up. But the chairman Klaus Roser says deliveries of the plane will take place over a much longer period than envisaged originally.
