Message on press freedom

Document type:	public statement
Document kind:	Message
Venue:	Unknown
Source:	-
Journalist:	Dennis Signy, Finchley Times
Editorial comments:	See Finchley Times, 14 February 1975: "Mrs Thatcher sent this message to me within minutes of her success in Tuesday’s ballot for the leadership: "If Press freedom goes, democracy goes". Signy, editor of the Finchley Times, was publicising the view that NUJ closed shops threatened editorial freedom. ("Mrs Thatcher has been taking a keen interest in a complaint lodged against me with North London Branch of the National Union of Journalists by a junior indentured reporter".)
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	nil
Themes:	Media, Trade unions