Economy: Alan Walters diary (Blackpool speech) [PM finding it difficult to reconcile election promises of low taxes with present reality][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 |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 83 |
| Themes: | Elections & electoral system, General Elections, Monetary policy, Pay, Taxation |
Monday 21st September 1981
PM s Blackpool speech - finding it very difficult to reconcile the election promises of low taxes with present reality. Will she be prepared to go on record saying that all will be well in 1983 etc.?
Ministers Mtg
-PM very upset about water workers - but not prepared to face a shutdown.