General election - Thatcher at Weetabix factory

Title

General election - Thatcher at Weetabix factory

Genre

News report; Speech; Election coverage

TX Date

2 Jun 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:54

Description

Report on visits by Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 02/06/83 to Leicestershire during campaigning in the 1983 General Election. Includes details of a visit to the Weetabix factory in Burton Latimer. Speaking are: protesters; Margaret Thatcher; boy scouts and Weetabix factory workers (not identified); Clive Wilkinson, Labour leader on Birmingham City Council. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=105369

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy?

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Political demonstrations; Margaret Thatcher; Political protests; Conservative Party; Political parties; Prime ministers; Government policy; General elections; Public opinion polls; Election campaigns; Leicestershire; Industrial plants; Weetabix

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