Title

Thatcher achieves 11 years as Conservative leader

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

4 Feb 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:39

Description

Report on the Prime Minister’s Question Time which marked eleven years of Margaret Thatcher as Conservative Party leader. Includes speeches by Thatcher (in which she says she has seen off three Labour leaders and hopes to see off a fourth), and by Merlyn Rees, Labour MP and Neil Kinnock, Labour leader. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Merlyn Rees; Margaret Thatcher; Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Political leadership; Prime ministers; Political leaders; Anniversaries

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