Thatcher Lord Mayor’s banquet speech

Title

Thatcher Lord Mayor’s banquet speech

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:47

Description

Extracts from a speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at the Guildhall in London on 16 Nov 1981, featuring her comments that the problems of Northern Ireland will never go away while Catholic and Protestant communities take up arms against each other. She also speaks about economic issues and signs of recovery in the UK economy. Male reporter not identified. In 2 parts. See Further Information for transcript of speech.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=104741

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

London; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Economics; UK; Violence; Economic recovery; Guildhall; Religious conflicts; Protestants; Catholics

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