Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Speech to Scottish Conservative Conference

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Perth, Western Australia
Source: (1) Thatcher Archive: extracts (2) Sunday Telegraph, 15 May 1977
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. The press release (545/77) was embargoed until 1500. The extracts - issued from the Scottish Conservative office in Edinburgh? - add a final sentence omitted in the Central Office press release. Sections of the speech have been checked against BBC Radio News Report 1800 14 May 1977 and against an excerpt broadcast on LWT’s Weekend World, 30 October 1977 (see editorial notes in text). The Sunday Telegraph report includes material on the Liberals excluded from both press releases.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1630