LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Thatcher on economic growth

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

12 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Report on the Mayor’s Banquet attended by Margaret Tebbit, the wife of Norman Tebbit, who was seriously injured by a terrorist bomb during the 1984 Conservative Party Conference. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pays tribute to her before painting a glowing picture of economic growth and denouncing terrorism, and violence by anti-apartheid protesters in South Africa. Male reporter not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Mark Mardell?

Keywords

Politics; Economics; Terrorism; South Africa; Apartheid; Conservative Party; Violence; Roy Hattersley; Economic sanctions; Margaret Tebbit

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