Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Remarks on proportional representation (would love a majority of the vote)

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Unknown
Source: The Times, 9 June 1983
Journalist: Julian Haviland, The Times, reporting
Editorial comments: MT "confiding" in the The Times.
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 76
Themes: Elections & electoral system, General Elections, Labour Party & socialism, Liberal & Social Democratic Parties

MT is reported to have confided to The Times that she would “dearly love a majority of votes” to confirm the Government's authority.

Told that Michael Foot had attacked proportional representation, she replied: “That is one aspect on which we can agree. Many people in the Alliance party agreed when they were in the Labour Party” .