General Election - Pre-election campaigns, Week 1

Title

General Election - Pre-election campaigns, Week 1

Genre

News report; Interview; Phone-in

TX Date

May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Summary (with excerpt) of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s pre-election radio phone-in. Thatcher is not doing well in the polls; neither are the Liberals, who are hoping for a surge in floating voters. Male reporter not identified.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106833

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; Neil Kinnock; Mike Fitzpatrick

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Government; Labour Party; Crime; Taxation; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Roy Hattersley; Wales; SDP; Public opinion polls; Parliamentary candidates; Wrexham

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