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General Election: Unsigned memo for MT ("The Election: Analysis II") [attack Labour's determination to revert to 1970s union law: "This exposes Socialist caring as a sham"] [released Oct 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 2/7/5/65 f108
Editorial comments:

Unsigned. The prose style perhaps has the flavour of Bernard Ingham, but there is no decisive evidence of authorship at this point (Oct 2017). There is another unsigned memo, "The Election: An Analysis", dated 25 May.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3
Themes: Media, General Elections, Conservatism, Conservative Party (organization), Labour Party & socialism, Liberal & Social Democratic Parties, Leadership