LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Conservative conference - Thatcher speech after bombing

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

12 Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:47:15

Description

Speech from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton after a terrorist bomb attack on the Grand Hotel earlier that morning in which conference delegates and cabinet members were staying. Thatcher comments on the bombing, and continues on to outline the Tory Party policies. With commentary at end - male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Deaths; Politics; Emergency services; Inflation; Health services; Economics; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Unemployment; IRA; Employment; Political parties; Conferences; Pensions; Social policy; Norman Tebbit; Government policy; Cabinet ministers; Bombs; Brighton; Grand Hotel

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