Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Remarks visiting Northern Ireland

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Northern Ireland
Source: (1) ITN Archive: News At Ten 14 November 1975 (2) Daily Telegraph, 15 November 1975 (3) Yorkshire Post, 15 November 1975
Journalist: (1) Julian Haviland, ITN, reporting (2) James Wightman, Daily Telegraph, reporting
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. Exact time unknown. The Times had some direct speech from MT: "I am going round seeing as much as I can. When you come and see things for yourself you get a totally different impression from what you read". Her comment to smiling shoppers on the Shankill: "This is a jolly cheerful road. Now I know what they mean by Irish eyes are smiling" (Daily Express, 15 November 1975). Transcript of an article James Wightman published in the Daily Telegraph on 15 November 1975 and reproduced with permission of James Wightman and the Telegraph Group Limited.
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 1126