Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Press Conference in Berwick and East Lothian (by-election)

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Eyemouth, Berwickshire
Source: (1) Guardian, 1 September 1978 (2) Daily Telegraph, 1 September 1978
Journalist: (1) Peter Hetherington, Guardian, (2) Nicholas Comfort, Daily Telegraph, reporting
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. c1500. MT gave an impromptu press conference on the quayside at Eyemouth harbour. The Guardian story includes a few words of badinage from her visit earlier in the day to Ben Sayers Ltd, golf club manufacturers at North Berwick. Transcript of an article by Peter Hetherington published in The Guardian on 1 September 1978 and reproduced with the permission of Guardian and Observer News Services. Transcript of an interview by Nicholas Comfort published in the Daily Telegraph on 1 September 1978 and reproduced with permission of Nicholas Comfort and the Telegraph Group Limited.
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 1017