Multimedia

Margaret Thatcher

Speech to Conservative Rally at Cheltenham [audio extract]

Document type: Multimedia
Venue: Cheltenham Race Course
Source: BBC Sound Archive: DD04625056
Editorial comments: Embargoed until 1430. Unfortunately the extract does not include the famous peroration beginning “We have ceased to be a nation in retreat”. Read the full text here.
Importance ranking: Key
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Themes: Conservatism, Defence (Falklands), Transport, Strikes & other union action, Famous statements by MT