Speech to Putney Conservatives
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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| Venue: | Lower Richmond Road, Putney |
| Source: | Evening Standard, 27 April 1979 (late edition) |
| Journalist: | Lynda Murdin, Evening Standard, reporting |
| Editorial comments: | Available on CD-ROM only. 1225-50 scheduled, but MT cancelled an earlier visit to Fulham which may have altered the timing. The cancellation prompted reports that she had lost her voice, inviting rebuttal in Putney: "There is nothing wrong with my voice" and "My voice is fine - do you want a demonstration?" "Pleased with the volume and impact she repeared the exercise, and added: "I don’t always use it at full power, you know" (Daily Mail and Financial Times, both 28 April 1979). There is additional material in the BBC Radio News Report 1800 27 April 1979, after MT’s comment on Callaghan’s remark that it was time for a change (claiming him as a late convert to Toryism): "If this government have done all that - made the job situation worse, made prices a lot worse, made the waiting list worse in hospital - if they haven’t had the answer in the last five years, then what makes |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 675 |
| Themes: | Autobiographical comments, General Elections, Labour Party & socialism, Media |