Margaret Thatcher speech to Tory women’s conference
- Title
- Margaret Thatcher speech to Tory women’s conference
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 24 May 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:47
- Description
- Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on a speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the Conservative women’s conference at the Central Hall, Westminster, London (with excerpts). She defends her government’s handling of the economy following an increase interest rates. She also criticises the Labour Party’s defence policy and talks about the Government’s European policy. See Further information for a transcript of the speech.
- Further information
- http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=107675
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher; Peter Spencer
- Keywords
- Politics; London; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; EEC; UK; Conservative Party; Political parties; Conferences; Economic policy; Interest rates; Defence policy; Europe
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