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Conservative party: John O'Sullivan draft (conference speech: inner cities) [planners created "depressing islands of vacuity where muggers rush in and pedestrians fear to tread"] [released 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR1/1/37 f96
Editorial comments:

Undated; estimated 1 Oct. The reference to muggers was cut from the final speech, ruining the line.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Society, Employment, Public spending & borrowing, Environment, Housing, Local government, Law & order, Conservative Party (organization)

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