Remarks visiting Newcastle (Newcastle Central by-election)
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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| Venue: | Benwell, Newcastle |
| Source: | Daily Express, 26 October 1976 |
| Journalist: | Alan Baxter, Daily Express, reporting |
| Editorial comments: | Available on CD-ROM only. Time unknown. MT was commenting on a demonstration by Socialist Workers during a shopping centre walkabout, which ended in punches and scuffles. Daily Telegraph (26 October) has a further comment, made to one of the shoppers: "This is one of the reasons I fight socialism, because they behave like this". The [Newcastle] Journal (26 October) has a comment MT made at lunch: "This was just shouting. We would rather have a discussion. I was afraid some children might get hurt. But I think many of the people I met were sympathetic". The [Newcastle] Evening Mail, 26 October 1976: "... she told reporters that the disturbance was helpful because it showed the Conservative Party had something to say. It was just shouting. The Conservatives would rather have a discussion". Reproduced with permission of Express Newspapers plc. |
| Importance ranking: | Minor |
| Word count: | 388 |
| Themes: | Labour Party & socialism |