Conservative conference - Thatcher speech

Title

Conservative conference - Thatcher speech

Genre

Speech

TX Date

12 Oct 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:50:59

Description

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher closes the 1990 Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth with a wide-ranging speech that receives a nine minute standing ovation (ovation not heard). She pays tribute to Ian Gow - the Conservative MP murdered by the IRA in July 1990 – and highlights significant world events from the past year including Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall; outlines future reforms, vision and Conservative policies on education, economy, crime and Europe; declares the death of socialism and has a pop at Neil Kinnock and the Liberal Democrats. At the beginning of the speech there is commentary by an unnamed male reporter.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Labour Party; Crime; Economics; Education; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Socialism; Conferences; Political reform; Capitalism; Europe; Liberal Democrats; Bournemouth; Neil Kinnock; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Berlin Wall; Ian Gow

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