Speech at Carmel College
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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| Venue: | Carmel College, Wallingford, Oxfordshire |
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| Editorial comments: | Time unclear. MT attended speech day at Britain’s only Jewish public school. The event was overshadowed by a dispute over the choice of headmaster. The Sunday Times, 20 June 1971, reported: "Mrs Thatcher didn’t rise to the bait. She’d come to praise independent schools, she praised independent schools, and she made an excuse and left. (A valid excuse; to speak in the House.)" The Jewish Chronicle, 25 June 1971, adds, "She described the school as the most beautiful she had ever seen". |
| Importance ranking: | Trivial |
| Word count: | nil |
| Themes: | Private education |