General election - Thatcher on the health service

Title

General election - Thatcher on the health service

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

10 May 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:42

Description

Labour leader Michael Foot attacks Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over NHS prescription charges; Thatcher responds. David Steel of the SDP-Liberal Alliance says that if the unions are too close to the Labour Party, the big businesses are too close to the Conservatives. Foot and Thatcher then have a war of words on defence issues, especially nuclear weapons. Male reporter not identified.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=105310

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; Michael Foot

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Government; Health services; NHS; Defence; General elections; Prescriptions; Nuclear weapons, Parliament

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