Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [PM “very shaken - realizes she has to change - V. tired and needed holiday”][released 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/1 |
| Editorial comments: | Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here. MT was shaken presumably by reading the memo written for on 20 Aug 1981 by Wolfson, Hoskyns and Ronnie Millar, titled "Your Political Survival", a.k.a. "The Blockbuster" which can be read here. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 65 |
| Themes: | Monetary policy, Executive, Conservatism, Leadership |
Wednesday 26th August 1981
JH
Must
- organise her time and deal with planning
- Bold and decisive move to fire Thorneycroft - Andrew Alexander s attitude in Mail Treachery etc.
- Bring on the young not Eton + Gds
[?Guards] etc.