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Subject: Economic policy - theory and process. Document type: Press.

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Text 74 Jun 24 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “Sir Keith Joseph says choice is to go down with socialism or prosper in a rational economy” (KJ speech at Upminster)
Text 74 Aug 9 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “Another call from Sir Keith to free industry” (KJ speech at Leith)
PDF 74 Sep 6 Fr Press Key Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “Sir Keith Joseph blames full employment policies for inflation” (Peter Jay on KJ speech at Preston - “Inflation is Caused by Governments”)
PDF 74 Sep 6 Fr Press Key Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “The Sharp Shock of Truth” (leading article on KJ speech at Preston)
PDF 74 Oct 21 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “Sir Keith Joseph denies bid for Tory leadership as critics mount attack ” (KJ speech at Edgbaston)
PDF 74 Oct 21 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “The Public Morality” (leading article on KJ speech at Edgbaston)
Text 77 May 9 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "The liberal teacher who turned his back on old age to lead world" (Seldon profile of Hayek) ["a liberal of the British classical tradition"]
PDF 80 Feb 12 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "The balance between individual and state" (Gilmour's Cambridge Lecture) [Hayek's annotated copy]
Text 81 Mar 11 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: Editorial: “The Chancellor’s Conundrum” ("appears to go on digging the hole still deeper")
PDF 81 Mar 13 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Budget: "'Cabinet Men Warn on Budget" (7 rebel ministers) [Whitelaw, Carrington, Pym, Prior, Walker, Gilmour & Soames]
PDF 81 Oct 7 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Heath blast at Thatcher's 'dreary path'" (Manchester speech) [MT rebuts]
PDF 81 Oct 7 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Pathfinder for a Young Pretender" (leader on Heath's Manchester speech) [his views discounted]
PDF 81 Oct 8 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Invitation that did not come" (Heath letter correcting leader) [never invited to join MT's team]
PDF 81 Oct 9 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "The Troubled Ranks of Tuscany" (leader on Changing Gear ) [party in "the early stages of demoralisation"]
PDF 81 Oct 10 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Mrs Thatcher can't expect blind loyalty" (Chris Patten article) ["truth ... lies somewhere in the middle"]
Text 81 Oct 13 Tu Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "'Blue Chips' to aid party in Croydon" (all 14 to visit) [demonstration of loyalty]
PDF 81 Oct 15 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Impassioned plea by Heath gets short shrift from Tories" (attacks government at party conference)
PDF 81 Oct 15 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Chancellor launches onslaught on 'union irresponsibility'" (Howe clashes with Heath)
PDF 81 Oct 16 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Monetarists warn wets: stop playing with fire" (Lawson & Walters speeches)
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Elections: “Distant encounters of the Heath kind” (Heath campaigining for Conseravtives in Croydon by-election)
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: “A Hard winter” (Cabinet divisions over public spending plans)
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: “Rumblings of revolt among Tory dissidents” (meetings of wets to discucss how to put pressure on MT)
PDF 81 Oct 21 We Press Major Commentary ( The Times ) Economy: “Cabinet fails to agree cuts in public spending” [majority resist £5,000 cuts]
PDF 81 Dec 3 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Heath scorns the 'pretence' of monetarism" (speech) [no intellectual basis]
Text 81 Dec 8 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "A Tory warning from the last ditch" (Chris Patten article) [give cabinet the benefit of the doubt "one last time ... some signs of change"]
Text 81 Dec 8 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Tory 'wets' set for rebellion on economy" (Gilmour Group) [around a dozen likely to abstain on Autumn Statement]
PDF 81 Dec 9 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: "Howe attacked from all sides" (debate on Autumn Statement) [14 Conservative abstentions]
Text 81 Dec 12 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Why Howe should heed that lorry rumble" (Geoffrey Smith article) [threat to Howe's survival]
PDF 83 Sep 29 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Our policies working - Lawson" [Washington speech "to extol the virtues of the Government's economic strategy"]
Text 83 Sep 29 Th Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting in Washington (record of conversation) [memoirs extract]
PDF 83 Nov 15 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Hungary: “Hungary visit for Thatcher” (MT announces visit in Guildhall speech)
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Press Major Commentary (Financial Times) City: “Gower urges sweeping new powers to supervise City” [publication of report]
PDF 84 Dec 31 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal "Prime Minister makes a resolution to break Scargill's Power in NUM"
PDF 85 Dec 18 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Unclean Air” [First Leader - “some deeply worrying discords in the tone of public life”; Sedgmore allegations]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Sense for the City” [First Leader - Financial Services Bill published]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Lloyd’s interests ‘a viper’s nest’” [Brian Sedgemore in Commons debate]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “Brittan acts to block further City scandals” [Financial Services Bill published]
PDF 85 Dec 21 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) City: “City doubts that SRO system will work” [response to publication of Financial Services Bill]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [Labour agenda for national recovery] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Philips and Drew Economic Unit press release ("Sterling Threat to Chancellor's Tax Hopes") [can Lawson get away with a pre-election tax-cutting Budget] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 1 Tu Press Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Treasury press release ("Economic Prospects for 1989") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Oct 19 Th Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Oct 20 Fr Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Lawson, Howe in Commons; Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Oct 21 Sa Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Oct 22 Su Press Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Sunday press on Lawson and Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
Text 05 Oct 11 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Seldon [Arthur] (1916-2005) [free market thinker & IEA co-founder]
Text 06 Jan 6 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "Grandees rally to Thatcher" (direction of policy under David Cameron)
Text 06 May 22 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economy: “Cameron draws line under Thatcher policies” (‘General Well-Being’ versus GDP)
Text 06 Oct 19 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Harris [Lord Ralph] (1924-2006)
Text 06 Nov 16 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Friedman [Milton] (1912-2006)
Text 07 Sep 21 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Gilmour [Sir Ian] (1926-2007) [prominent Conservative critic of MT]
Text 07 Nov 18 Su Press Minor Commentary (Sunday Times) MT: “Saying adieu to their riotous past” (Sarkozy faces a ‘Thatcher moment’)
Text 12 Feb 6 Mo Press Major Moore (Charles) Conservatism: Margaret Thatcher & Capitalism (2012 Adam Smith Lecture)
PDF 14 Mar 12 We Press Major Commentary (Le Monde) Coal: "The strike which changed the United Kingdom" (30 year assessment of 1984-85 strike)
PDF 14 Sep 15 Mo Press Major Lankester (Tim) Budget: “The 1981 Budget: how did it come about?” (budget-making Jan-Mar 1981)
PDF 14 Sep 15 Mo Press Major Collins (Christopher) Budget: “The Origins of the Budget in 1980” (pre-history of the 1981 budget in events of Jul-Dec 1980)
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