General Election - Margaret Thatcher in Bristol

Title

General Election - Margaret Thatcher in Bristol

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech; Special

TX Date

23 May 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:40

Description

Report on a visit by Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Bristol during the Conservative Party campaign in the 1983 General Election. She meets war veteran Ted Hunt, and leukaemia sufferer Martin Wale(?), and visits an engineering factory. Includes comments by Thatcher and interview with Martin Wale(?). Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=105329

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy?; Martin Wale(?)

Keywords

Elections; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political parties; Prime ministers; General elections; Election campaigns; Bristol

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