General Election - (Mr) Margaret Thatcher goes to court

Title

General Election - (Mr) Margaret Thatcher goes to court

Genre

News report

TX Date

Jun 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:01:51

Description

Tim Crook reports on a High Court case, prior to the 1983 General Election, involving a would-be parliamentary candidate named Margaret Thatcher (formerly Colin Hanoman) who had planned to stand against the Prime Minister of the same name in her Finchley constituency as a member of the Conservationist Party.

Contributors

Tim Crook

Keywords

Elections; Margaret Thatcher; Law; Conservative Party; Electoral systems; Trials; General elections; Parliamentary candidates; Election campaigns; High courts; Conservationist Party; Margaret Thatcher (formerly Colin Hanoman); Colin Hanoman

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