General election - Conservative candidates meet

Title

General election - Conservative candidates meet

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

20 May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Report on the meeting of Conservative parliamentary candidates at Westminster, where they were addressed by Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and warned of the threat to Westminster’s security posed by terrorism. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106823

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Norman Tebbit; Peter Murphy?

Keywords

Elections; Government; Parliament; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political manifestos; General elections; Parliamentary candidates

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