Some historic pogonophobia by Jeremy Paxman

Name: Some historic pogonophobia by Jeremy Paxman
Uploaded: 2013-08-13T15:26:36.000Z
Duration: 37 s
Description: Archive Newsnight footage from May 1997 in which Jeremy Paxman quizzes Martha Kearney about Tony Blair's appointment of a bearded Frank Dobson to the cabinet.

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The day after the Labour Party won a landslide victory in the general election, leaving the Conservative Party in tatters after 18 years in power, Jeremy Paxman quizzed Martha Kearney about Tony Blair's appointment of a bearded Frank Dobson to the position of Secretary of State for Health.

Archive clip of Newsnight dating from 3 May 1997.

13 August 2013