Margaret Thatcher in Madrid

Title

Margaret Thatcher in Madrid

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:35

Description

Peter Spencer reports from Madrid on Margaret Thatcher’s historic visit to Spain, the first ever by a serving British Prime Minister. Includes excerpts from speech by Thatcher on British holiday hooligans and Gibraltar question with veiled reference to Gibraltar inquest over killing of unarmed IRA men.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Spencer

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; International relations; Spain; Hooliganism; Prime ministers; State visits; Gibraltar; Sovereignty; Felipe Gonzalez

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