LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Thatcher interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

23 Jan 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:24:01

Description

Peter Murphy interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Discussion of the Zircon spy satellite project, which was leaked by Duncan Campbell of the New Statesman. On the timing of the next election and what she considers will be the major issues in the campaign. Coverage also of the economy, unemployment and the north-south divide, the National Health Service, and the AIDS issue.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Unemployment; Prime ministers; State security; AIDS; Artificial satellites; Duncan Campbell; Economic conditions; National Health Service

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