Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

General Election Press Conference in Glasgow

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Excelsior Hotel, Glasgow Airport
Source: (1) BBC Radio News Report 1800 3 June 1987 (2) BBC Scotland Archive: OUP transcript (3) Scotsman, 4 June 1987
Journalist: (1) Colin Blane, BBC, reporting (2) Unidentified, BBC, reporting (3) Peter Jones, Scotsman, reporting
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. 0930-1000. An earlier section of the BBC report has verbatim material. Challenged about low Tory standing in the Scottish polls she replied "Well there are two hundred polls over the time of the three week election campaign, and I’m not going to comment on every one. The main polls are continuing to show us throughout the United Kingdom well ahead".
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1302
Themes: General Elections