Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Written Statement attacking General Election postponement

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Source: Daily Telegraph, 8 September 1978
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. MT wrote the statement longhand when she was told - in advance of his broadcast - of the Prime Minister’s decision to postpone the General Election. The statement was issued immediately after the broadcast (Financial Times, 8 September 1978). Other papers carried it in identical form, e.g., the Yorkshire Post, 8 September 1978.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 115