Remarks canvassing in Finchley
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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| Venue: | Finchley |
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| Editorial comments: | MT toured Finchley during the afternoon. There is scarcely any MT actualite in press coverage of this visit. According to the Finchley Times (19 April 1979) "it was impossible to hear a word or complete a sentence on rain-sodden notebooks". Television camera crews equipped with the new mobile ENG camera were present in larger numbers than ever before and experienced difficulty, whilst they in turn - together with the photographers, journalists and police - conspired to prevent MT from reaching the voters. The Observer caught MT’s only recorded remark: "I can’t meet anyone with all you people around me" (15 April 1979). |
| Importance ranking: | Minor |
| Word count: | nil |
| Themes: | General Elections |