| 77 Oct 24 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman draft speech outline for Sir Keith Joseph (“Speech on the Trade Unions”) [eroding freedoms & impoverishing Britain] |
| 75 Oct 5 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to Keith Joseph (introducing John Hoskyns & Terry Price) [planning collaboration] |
| 75 Oct 20 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to Keith Joseph (MT invitation to collaborate more closely with party ‘regulars’) [gratification plus concrete proposals] |
| 77 Jun 17 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to MT (“Speech-writing. The range of service”) [defines the role] |
| 77 May 23 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to MT (earlier meeting - note on advisers) [sorry not to have realised meeting was over] |
| 77 Oct 25 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to MT (initiatives) [proposes Tories bid for social democracy as Labour becomes marxist] |
| 78 Jun 2 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to MT (seeks meeting) [“to discuss certain implications of the witch-hunt, and what could be done”] |
| 75 Sep 29 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum (lunch with John Hoskyns & Terry Price) [overview of their analysis] |
| 78 Jun 6 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum for Sir Keith Joseph (possible arrangement with Enoch Powell) [“Britain and the EEC - The Flood Street Declaration”] |
| 78 Jul 20 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to CPS Management Board (“CPS’s Long-term Publishing Programme”) [goals] |
| 76 Feb 17 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Keith Joseph (draft KJ letter to “thinking people in the Labour movement”) [invitation to discussion] |
| 76 Jul 6 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Keith Joseph (establish “A Shadow Advisory Service”) [3 dozen senior, 100 deputies] |
| 76 Feb 9 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Keith Joseph (immigration) [need for “a proper impartial inquiry”] |
| 77 Jan 24 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (“Insurance & Pensions Funds - Our Reserve Army”) [fight against Bullock Report on industrial democracy] |
| 78 Dec 11 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (“Our Exposed Flank: Free Collective Bargaining - October-November 1978”) [drafting of conference speech] |
| 78 Nov 20 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (“Reserve Army of Advisers”) [nothing to add to earlier memos] |
| 78 Jun 1 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (“Stand by to Repel Coalition - Press-gangs”) [danger Callaghan might force Tories into coalition] |
| 78 Jul 20 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (‘Disinformation’ and ways of combatting it) [Conservative machine briefing against you] |
| 78 Jun 26 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (future ‘philosophical’ speeches) [MT to go no further with social democratic heritage speech] |
| 77 Sep 17 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (notes for Walden interview) [the union lash] |
| 77 Feb 28 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (“Coaching for Margaret in radio techniques”) [help from former BBC man] |
| 77 Nov 9 We |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (“RE: British Leyland”) [Conservative policy “tantamount to unconditional surrender ... you have not thought it through”] |
| 77 Jan 10 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (“Restructuring the Centre”) [separate its disparate functions] |
| 77 Jul 13 We |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (“Territorial Army of Advisers”) [proposals for several hundred special advisers] |
| 75 Oct 27 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (attacks Sunday Times article) [need to rebut] |
| 78 Jun 7 We |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (dinner with Enoch Powell) [“misgivings” about possible modus vivendi] |
| 77 Sep 14 We |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (draft letter on Grunwick) [for The Times, in response to David Steel] |
| 77 Jan 13 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (further note on restructuring the Centre) [responds to KJ objections] |
| 75 Jul 9 We |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (“Coalition Escapism. Moderately what?”) [case against PR & coalition] |
| 75 Apr 22 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (“Note on the Functions & Financing of the Centre”) [case for maintaining CPS] |
| 76 Feb 19 Th |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ivens (meeting with Routledge, Keegan, Paul regarding re-publication of Hayek) ["This augurs well for the future"] |
| 75 Jun 5 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Lord Seebohm (work of CPS) [methods, including university speech campaign] |
| 76 Aug 6 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to MT (your 23 Aug meeting with Hoskyns, Strauss & Price) [background] |
| 77 Oct 24 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (British Brookings Institute) [Joseph proposes to warn that Conservative Government may not allow Brookings to be publicly funded] |
| 77 May 18 We |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (comments on Friedman's "Capitalism and the Jews") ["[I] thought it worth publishing but Alfred [disagrees]"] |
| 77 Feb 22 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (invitation to CPS dinner at which Howe paper will be discussed) ["Margaret particularly hopes that you can manage to be present"] |
| 79 Apr 11 We |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (letter of thanks for Harris' review of Douglas Hurd's book) ["I passed it on to Margaret for use in her material"] |
| 76 Feb 10 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (request for publication ideas) [poverty, government expenditure, education, taxation, housing, nationalisation] |
| 78 May 10 We |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (thanks for Harris' piece on unemployment) |
| 76 Jan 7 We |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph memorandum to Chris Patten (CRD briefing on unemployment) [criticises reliance on government figures] |
| 76 Aug 3 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph memorandum to Sherman (“Incomes Policy Speech”) [comments on Sherman drafts] |
| 77 Jan 11 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph memorandum to Sherman (agreed actions) [Sherman work for MT Zurich speech, etc] |
| 75 Sep 8 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph minute ("Minute of meeting between KJ, Michael Ivens, AS [Alfred Sherman] on Monday 8th September, 1975") [Hayek observes "domination of University bookshops by left wing paper backs", Joseph suggests "filling gap"] |
| 77 May 12 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph note of meeting (“FUTURE OF THE CENTRE”) [broader Sherman role, fewer publications, Gerry Frost] |
| 75 Jul 11 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Hayek MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph to Hayek (thanks for encouraging letter) ["I am touched that so outstanding a man as you ..."] |
| 77 Nov 28 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (you wanted Patten-Maude strategy paper considered by new Coordinating Committee) |
| 75 Jun 24 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Wassell memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (future of CPS) [“profound concern at the continued drift & uncertainty”] |
| 75 Jul 8 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Sherman MSS) |
Conservatism: Wassell memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (future of CPS) [plans within new reduced budget, plus functions] |
| 77 Mar 1 Tu |
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Major |
Conservative Party |
Conservative Campaign Guide 1977 |
| 78 Mar 1 We |
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Conservative Party |
Conservative Campaign Guide Supplement 1978 |
| 79 Apr 11 We |
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Key |
Conservative Party |
Conservative General Election Manifesto 1979 |
| 75 Feb 11 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative leadership election: MT’s notes on handling Ted Heath |
| 75 Feb 11 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative leadership: Hailsham letter to MT (congratulations & assurance of loyalty) |
| 75 Feb 16 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative leadership: MT letter to Hailsham (warm thanks) [realises magnitude of her task] |
| 78 Jul 26 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: 1922 Committee note ("Government Defeats on the Floor: 1977/78") [released 2010] |
| 79 Apr 1 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Adam Ridley note to MT ("Meeting at Flood Street April 1st 1979") [issues raised at planning meeting for actions to take on gaining power] [released 2010] |
| 75 Nov 26 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Conservative 1922 Committee release (nominations for Officers and Executive of the 1922 Committee) [released 2010] |
| 75 Oct 30 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham diary (Carrington says Conservative peers disgruntled) |
| 77 Jan 9 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham diary (chat with Alec Home) [1964 kidnap attempt] |
| 76 Nov 20 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham diary (criticism of Keith Joseph) ["You wear too much sackcloth"] |
| 77 Oct 6 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham diary (discusses Keith Joseph with Whitelaw & Carrington) ["an albatross ... (m)ay bring us down ... attracts barmies"] |
| 77 Sep 30 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham diary (shows MT his unsent letter to Keith Joseph) [Grunwick] |
| 77 Sep 16 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham letter to Keith Joseph (unsent - disapproves his attack on Lord Scarman) [Grunwick] |
| 77 Dec 13 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (1922 Committee Executive) [post-election strategy if no majority, devolution] [released 2010] |
| 77 Apr 26 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (MT-1922 Committee Executive) [China, pay policy, devolution, direct elections] [released 2010] |
| 76 Dec 20 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (MT-1922 Committee Executive) [coalition, devolution, economy] [released 2010] |
| 75 May 13 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (MT-1922 Committee Executive) [economy and electoral issues] [released 2010] |
| 78 Feb 14 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (MT-1922 Committee Executive) [forthcoming election, party discipline, Shadow Cabinet] [released 2010] |
| 78 Jul 26 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (MT-1922 Committee Executive) [strategy for forthcoming election] [released 2010] |
| 75 Nov 11 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Atkins-1922 Committee Executive) [devolution] [released 2010] |
| 76 Mar 4 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: John Stanley minute to MT ("Discussion on Rhodesia in the 1922 Committee: 4 March") [released 2010] |
| 76 Jan 22 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: List of Conservative Party House of Commons committees and chairmen ("Conservative Party Committees, House of Commons, Session 1976") [released 2010] |
| 79 Apr 2 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: MT letter to Callaghan (Northern Ireland) [Callaghan's proposal for Government/Shadow Cabinet 'conversation'] [released 2010] |
| 77 May 20 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: MT letter to Du Cann ('The Right Approach to the Economy' policy statement) [reply to Du Cann] [released 2010] |
| 78 May 18 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: MT letter to Du Cann (MPs' and Ministers' pay) [released 2010] |
| 77 Jul 21 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Note of a Meeting (Du Cann-Morrison-Charteris) ["Procedure for the Election of a Leader of the Conservative Party"] [released 2010] |
| 78 Aug 23 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Patten minute to MT ("The Future of the Research Department") [released 2010] |
| 78 Jul 7 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Record of conversation (Atkins-Michael Cocks) [1922 Executive Committee proposals on MPs' pay] [released 2010] |
| 78 Oct 30 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Ronnie Millar to MT (right approach between now & election) [stress failure of pay policy while giving Ted his dignity] |
| 79 Apr 12 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Ryder note to MT (Scottish Conservative Party Conference) [cancelled due to General Election; MT asks for it to be reinstated] [released 2010] |
| 75 Feb 11 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Ford Library) |
Conservative Party: State Department note on MT victory over Whitelaw (surprising) [declassified ?1984] |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Stowe note to Atkins (Leader of the Opposition and colleagues consultation with senior officials in Departments) [released 2010] |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Thorneycroft letter to MT ("Central Office after the General Election") [released 2010] |
| 75 Apr 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative policy: Hailsham diary (Carrington calls Joseph paper a "recipe for defeat") |
| 75 Apr 11 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative policy: Hailsham diary (Shadow Cabinet squabbles over Keith Joseph paper) |
| 75 Nov 12 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Constitution: Hailsham diary (argued for written constitution in Shadow Cabinet) |
| 75 Nov 18 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Constitution: Hailsham diary (Queen's Speech discussed in Shadow Cabinet) |
| 75 Nov 6 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Constitution: Hailsham paper (case for fundamental constitutional reform to check "tyranny of the Commons") |
| 78 Aug 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
CRD: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (wishes to discuss next director of CRD) [Sykes to replace Patten?] |
| 78 May 9 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Crime: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (proposed KJ speech on press freedom) [encloses Bruce-Gardyne draft] |
| 75 Dec 29 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: Lawson to MT (devolving economic decisions to the people) |
| 76 Nov 24 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: Draft reasoned amendment to Scotland & Wales Bill (Conservatives debate how to vote on Bill’s Second Reading) |
| 76 Dec 13 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: MT notes for speech on 2R Scotland & Wales Bill |
| 77 Apr 5 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: MT to Alick Buchanan-Smith (committed to devolution on principle, but against making detailed plans) |
| 77 Mar 1 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: MT to David Eccles (SNP “is past peak”) |
| 76 Dec 13 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: MT to Duke of Buccleuch (affirms Conservative commitment to principle of devolution, despite decision to vote against Bill’s Second Reading) |
| 77 Nov 27 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: MT to John Boyd-Carpenter (supports his idea of a UK-wide referendum amendment) [but thinks colleagues will oppose] |
| 77 Jan 19 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: MT to Michael Ancram (against going further than the Douglas-Home proposals) |
| 76 Dec 7 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: MT to Professor David Yardley (thanks for advice on “a thoroughly bad Bill”) |
| 77 Feb 21 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: Notes on guillotine motion for Scotland & Wales Bill (calculates a tied vote) |
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