Conservative Central Council - Thatcher & Baker speeches

Title

Conservative Central Council - Thatcher & Baker speeches

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

24 Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:05:13

Description

Report on a speech (with excerpts) by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Conservative Central Council in Newcastle. On job creation; criticism by Church of England bishops of her policies (calls them cuckoos); free enterprise not being aware of social class; police. Also speech by local government minister Kenneth Baker to same audience criticising Tory councils who overspend including Lambeth. Male reporter not identified.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106000

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Kenneth Baker

Keywords

Politics; Local government; Police; Conservative Party; Political conferences; GLC; Unemployment; Clergy; Councils; Lambeth; Capitalism; Local taxation; Bishops; Social class; Employment creation; Ken Livingstone; Local finance

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