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Conservative Party: No.10 briefing ("Heseltine and Labour: the similarities") [chapter and verse for claims made in MT's Times interview] [released Feb 2020]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 2/6/4/56 f125
Editorial comments:

Unsigned but probably by Robin Harris, who had prepared the briefing for the interview. The interview appeared on 19 November, so this document may have been a response to criticism of the finished product. Read all documents from the 1990 release of MT's party and personal papers.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, Union of UK nations, Conservative Party (organization), Labour Party & socialism, Leadership