Thatcher pleased with Presidential elections outcome

Title

Thatcher pleased with Presidential elections outcome

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

9 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher give a press conference outside No. 10 on the win for George H. W. Bush in the US Presidential election. She hopes the special relationship between the UK and the US will continue and says she phoned Bush early this morning to congratulate him. She will meet Bush and Ronald Reagan during a visit to the USA next week. She reacts to defeat of the other candidate Michael Dukakis.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

USA; Elections; Politics; International relations; Political leadership; Presidential candidates; Ronald Reagan; George H. W. Bush; Michael Dukakis

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