LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Thatcher, South Africa and the Queen

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Jul 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:18

Description

Report on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and South Africa: whether Thatcher will hold personal talks with the leader of South Africa, her visit to the Queen after the revelation that the Palace may not approve of Thatcher’s stance on economic sanctions, and the impact of this. Includes questions from the Opposition: Liberal leader David Steel; Labour MP, Jim Craigen; Labour MP, Joe Ashton; Labour MP, Cyril Townsend. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Steel; Joe Ashton; Cyril Townsend; Jim Craigen

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Apartheid; Economic sanctions; Queen Elizabeth II; Commonwealth of Nations; P. W. Botha

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