Title

Thatcher at Conservative trade union rally

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

16 Jan 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:24

Description

Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech at a Conservative trade unionist rally in Bristol. Includes extracts, with Thatcher on her Government’s determination to stick to its economic policy despite the falling value of the pound, and on her recent visit to the post-war Falkland Islands. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Currency devaluation; Economic policy; Economic systems; State visits; Falklands War (1982); Falkland Islands; Bristol; Rallies (gatherings)

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