Remarks visiting Sunderland (terrorism)
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|---|---|
| Venue: | Swan Hunter, North Sands Shipyard, Sunderland |
| Source: | ITN Archive: OUP transcript |
| Editorial comments: | MT visited the yard between 1420 and 1500 to launch the diving support vessel Stenna Seawell. BBC indexes have MT saying "ship is advert for extra orders; certainly must try to get extra orders". |
| Importance ranking: | Trivial |
| Word count: | 216 |
| Themes: | Autobiography (marriage & children), Terrorism |
Reporter
For security reasons, the timing of the ceremony was kept a close secret, and Mrs Thatcher wasted no time naming the £70 million diving support vessel, watched by the men who built her.
MT
I name this ship Stenna Seawell [cheers and applause].
Reporter
But new orders are needed urgently. Otherwise 3,000 jobs could be lost here by early next year, a worrying prospect for Mrs Thatcher, whose son, Mark, has been asked to leave his apartment in Dallas, Texas, because the owners fear that he's a target for terrorists.
Journalists
Prime Minister! Prime Minister!
MT
Gentlemen of the press! Yes [break in tape].
MT
Well, terrorism affects us all, and it affects us just as much as anyone else. And I am as worried as anyone else would be, and as many other people are, and I know that many people have already been affected by terrorism. We just have to fight it.
Reporter
Later, Mrs Thatcher drove to a Scottish hotel for an annual secret meeting of the West's leading diplomats and financiers. The security was more intense than ever. Even the famous Gleneagles golf course was deserted.