General election - Thatcher on cost of living

Title

General election - Thatcher on cost of living

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

May 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:18

Description

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher goes shopping in the supermarket and chats with pensioners. She tells reporters that food prices went up by 122 percent towards the end of the Labour Government but remained low during her term. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Money; Prices; Inflation; Cost of living; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Supermarkets; General elections; Pensioners (older people); Carol Thatcher

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