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Thatcher on Scotland; Heath on Thatcher

Title
Thatcher on Scotland; Heath on Thatcher
Genre
News report; Speech
TX Date
14 May 1988
Year of production
1988
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Duration
00:03:49
Description
Richard Bestic reports on a speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a Conservative Party meeting in Perth where she pledged to recapture Scottish Tory seats lost in the 1987 General Election. The report also covers a speech by former Prime Minister, Edward Heath at the first Harold Macmillan lecture in Nottingham, where he attacked Thatcher’s style and policies and said that she presided over the most divided Britain in history. Excerpts of speeches heard. Broadcast on LBC AM.
Contributors
Margaret Thatcher; Edward Heath; Richard Bestic
Keywords
Margaret Thatcher; UK; Great Britain; Conservative Party; Scotland; Nottingham; Prime ministers; Speeches; Perth; Harold Macmillan lectures

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