Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Speech to Welsh Conservative Party Conference

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Ebbw Vale, South Wales
Source: (1) Thatcher Archive: speaking text (2) Gwent Observer, 16 June 1977
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. The press release (624/77) was embargoed until 1150. The only section of the speech released to the press was that on direct elections to the European Parliament. A section of the speaking text has been checked against BBC Radio News Report 1800 11 June 1977 (see editorial notes in text). The Gwent Observer contains some verbatim material where MT expanded on her text, which is partly in note form.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3560