Conservative leader on upcoming election

Title

Conservative leader on upcoming election

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Oct 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:11:55

Description

Interview with Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher at the 1977 Conference in Blackpool. She discusses Labour’s policies, and finds fault with them. She shows confidence in her party and would take an election within three weeks. The Tory leader discusses former leader Edward Heath’s government, the economy, tax cuts and budgets, and describes the voters who have defected to the side of the Tories. She describes the run-up to the election as a frustrating, waiting game. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Ed Boyle).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Ed Boyle?

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Taxation; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Political leadership

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