Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Remarks visiting Willisham Farm (cradling the calf)

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Willisham, near Ipswich, Suffolk
Source: Daily Mail, 19 April 1979
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. 1305-1345. Glasgow Herald has MT saying as she tried to clear journalists out of shot: "It’s not for me. It’s for the photographers. They are the important thing". (Some other papers - e.g., Daily Mail, 20 April 1979 - reported "It’s not for me. It’s for the photographers - they’re the really important people in this election".) See Stephen Fay in the Spectator, 28 April 1979: "Her comment has already been reported: `It’s not for me, it’s the photographers; they’re the important people in this campaign’. It was intended as a joke, but humour is not one of her assets and it misfired".
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 142