Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Speech to Conservative Candidates and 1922 Committee

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Lecture Hall, Central Hall, Westminster
Source: (1) Daily Telegraph, 6 April 1979 (2) Financial Times, 6 April 1979 (3) Daily Mail, 6 April 1979
Journalist: (1) James Wightman, Daily Telegraph, reporting (2) Philip Rawstone, Financial Times, reporting (3) John Harrison, Daily Mail, reporting
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. 1430. The meeting was closed to the press but it is plain that journalists were extensively briefed, so that MT’s speech was widely reported and quoted. Transcript of an article by James Wightman published in the Daily Telegraphon 6 April 1979 and reproduced with permission of James Wightman and the Telegraph Group Limited.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1695