Thatcher on water privitisation

Title

Thatcher on water privitisation

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

4 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:49

Description

UK Prime Minister Thatcher admitted for the first time that the government has been losing the propaganda war on water privatisation in a speech at a local government conference (speech excerpts heard). Aides claim this was an attack on the media not her ministers. She also compares French water privatisation and its standard of efficiency. Peter Spencer reports for Update programme.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Spencer

Keywords

Politics; Government; Privatization; Water companies; Update (radio programme)

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