LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

General election - Thatcher campaign visits

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech; Election coverage

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:50

Description

Report on visits by Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Scotland, RAF Lossiemouth, Manchester, Bolton, Leicester and to Birmingham on 02/06/83 during campaigning in the 1983 General Election. Speaking are: Margaret Thatcher; boy scouts (not identified); factory workers; protesters shouting; Clive Wilkinson, Labour leader on Birmingham City Council. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=105369

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Murphy?; Clive Wilkinson

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Political demonstrations; Margaret Thatcher; Political protests; Conservative Party; Scotland; Political parties; Birmingham; Manchester; Prime ministers; General elections; Election campaigns; Industrial plants; Breweries; Bolton; Military bases; Leicester; Ideal Home Exhibition; Manchester Airport; RAF Lossiemouth; Weetabix

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