Conservative conference - Margaret Thatcher speech

Title

Conservative conference - Margaret Thatcher speech

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

14 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:04:17

Description

Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher’s speech closes the Conservative Party conference in Brighton. In it, she pledges her support for her Chancellor, Nigel Lawson and touches upon inflation, the SAS soldiers involved in the shooting of IRA terrorists in Gibraltar, crime, and her stance on Europe. It is met with a nine-and-a-half-minute standing ovation (not included in full) and cheers. Paul Rowley reports.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Paul Rowley

Keywords

Inflation; Crime; Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Conferences; Prime ministers; Economic systems; Speeches; Interest rates; Europe; Gibraltar; Nigel Lawson; Chancellors; SAS

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