Margaret Thatcher attacks Government record
- Title
- Margaret Thatcher attacks Government record
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 14 Dec 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:56
- Description
- Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher, speaking in the House of Commons, attacks Prime Minister James Callaghan and his government’s record in office. Thatcher covers the Government’s pay policy, the future of the Health Service, and inflation. She claims that the Government has failed to control inflation and that waiting lists for the National Health Service have increased.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher
- Keywords
- Politics; Government; Wages; Inflation; Wage policy; Economics; Parliament; James Callaghan; Unemployment; Price policy; Exchange rates; Economic policy; Economic systems; Party politics; National economy; Denis Healey; Wealth; Counter-inflation policy
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