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Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (future ‘philosophical’ speeches) [MT to go no further with social democratic heritage speech]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Sherman MSS (Royal Holloway Library) Box 6
Editorial comments: In fact elements of Sherman’s argument about the social democratic heritage featured in MT’s speech to Conservative agents during the 1978 Conservative Conference, a rare instance of a second substantive statement by the party leader during conference week, alongside her main speech.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Conservatism, Labour Party & socialism