Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality (101 page)

5 MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD AND FINCHLEY

  
1
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 64.

  
2
  AC: Interview with Sir Clive Bossom.

  
3
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 65.

  
4
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 77.

  
5
  
Sunday Graphic
, 17 February 1952.

  
6
  MTF: Beryl Cook to John Hare, 12 June 1952.

  
7
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 97.

  
8
  Ann Dally,
A Doctor’s Story
, Macmillan, 1990, pp. 9–10.

  
9
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 80.

10
  Ibid., pp. 80–81.

11
  Wapshott and Brock,
Thatcher
, p. 60.

12
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 71.

13
  Ibid.

14
  Gardiner,
Margaret Thatcher
, p. 54.

15
  Margaret to Muriel, 20 January 1954, cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 126.

16
  Interview with Sir Frederick Lawton, ibid., p. 126.

17
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 73.

18
  Gardiner,
Margaret Thatcher
, p. 53.

19
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 94.

20
  AC: Conversation with Bill Henderson, 1985.

21
  MTF: Entwisle to Donald Kaberry, 18 March 1958.

22
  Ibid.

23
  Dennis Walters,
Not Always with the Pack
, Constable, 1989, pp. 103–104.

24
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, pp. 112–113.

25
  
Finchley Press
, 18 July 1958.

26
  MTF: Miss Harris to Donald Kaberry, 15 July 1958.

27
  
Evening Standard
, 15 July 1958.

28
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 78.

29
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 114.

30
  Ibid.

31
  
Finchley Press
, 8 August 1958.

32
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 98.

33
  MTF: Margaret Thatcher to Donald Kaberry, 18 August 1958.

34
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 98.

35
  
Finchley Press
, 27 February 1959.

36
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 92.

37
  AC: Interview with Eric Deakins.

38
  Ibid.

39
  Ibid.

40
  Ibid.

41
  MTF: Report on Mrs Thatcher, Central Office Area Agent Finchley, 1 November 1959.

42
  AC: Conversation with Lord Spicer, 2013. See also Michael Spicer,
The Spicer Diaries
, Biteback Publishing, 2012, p. 498.

6 FIRST YEARS IN PARLIAMENT

  
1
  AC: Conversation with Baroness Hornsby-Smith, 1976.

  
2
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 110.

  
3
  Money,
Margaret Thatcher
, p. 57.

  
4
  MTF: Admission of the Press Adjournment Debate, 1 February 1960, Memo by C.J. Pearce, 29 January 1960.

  
5
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 111.

  
6
  Ibid., p. 122.

  
7
  
Independent
, 23 November 1994.

  
8
  MTF: Admission of the Press Bill, Dame Evelyn Sharp to the Parliamentary Secretary, 11 January 1960.

  
9
  Ibid.

10
  
Independent
, 23 November 1994.

11
  
The Times
, 14 April 1960.

12
  
Daily Express
, 6 February 1960.

13
  
Sunday Dispatch
, 7 February 1960.

14
  
Daily Telegraph
, 6 February 1960.

15
  AC: Conversation with Sir William Aitken, circa 1963.

16
  AC: Conversation with Lady Aitken, circa 1975.

17
  
Sunday Dispatch
, 7 February 1960.

18
  Julian Critchley,
Palace of Varieties: An Insider’s View of Westminster
, John Murray, 1989, p. 122.

19
  
Sunday Pictorial
, 23 April 1961.

20
  Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 27 September 1960, cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 154.

21
  Hansard, HC Deb 19 April 1961.

22
  Ibid.

23
  AC: Rt Hon. Selwyn Lloyd, conversation with author, 1961.

24
  Ibid.: Interview with Sir Clive Bossom.

25
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 117.

26
  AC: Conversation with Margaret Thatcher, 1976.

27
  Ibid.: Conversation with James Ramsden, 1978.

28
  Young and Slowman,
The Thatcher Phenomenon
, p. 23.

29
  
The Times
, 11 October 1961.

30
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 119.

31
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 145.

32
  John Boyd-Carpenter,
Way of Life
, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980, p. 133.

33
  AC: Interview with Sir Clive Bossom.

34
  Ibid.

35
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 123.

36
  Ibid., p. 124.

37
  Boyd-Carpenter,
Way of Life
, p. 133.

38
  MTF: Address by Lady Thatcher, Memorial Service for Lord Boyd-Carpenter, St Margaret’s Westminster, 3 November 1998.

39
  Hansard, HC Deb 16 July 1962.

40
  AC: Interview with Derek Owens.

41
  Ibid.: Interview with Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.

42
  Ibid.

43
  Ibid.

44
  AC: Interview with Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, 1975.

45
  
Daily Express,
17 April 1961.

46
  Margaret Thatcher to Muriel Cullen, late 1960 (undated), cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 154.

47
  
Evening News
, 25 February 1960.

48
  AC: Interview with Sir Edward du Cann.

49
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 90.

50
  Ibid., p. 88.

51
  Ibid., p. 91.

52
  Ibid., pp. 91–92.

7 FRONT-BENCH OPPOSITION

  
1
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 133.

  
2
  Ibid., p. 136.

  
3
  Ibid., p. 137.

  
4
  AC: Meriden 1966.

  
5
  AC: Margaret Thatcher to the author, March 1966.

  
6
  AC: Meriden 1966.

  
7
  Ibid.: Meriden Campaign Diary, March 1966.

  
8
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 134.

  
9
  James Prior,
A Balance of Power
, Hamish Hamilton, 1986, p. 42.

10
  Hansard, HC Deb 5 May 1966.

11
  Ibid.

12
  Robert Shepherd,
Iain Macleod
, Hutchinson, 1994, p. 429.

13
  
Daily Mail
, 10 May 1966.

14
  MTF: Speech to Party Conference, Blackpool, 12 October 1966.

15
  Ibid.

16
  AC: Mrs Stella Gatehouse, speaking lessons, OUCA 1961.

17
  
Daily Mail
, 18 October 1966.

18
  
Sun
, 13 October 1966.

19
  
Sunday Express
, 30 June 1968.

20
  Sir Peter Rawlinson,
A Price Too High
, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989, p. 247.

21
  AC: Interview with Lord Carrington.

22
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 143.

23
  Ibid., p. 146.

24
  Ibid., p. 147.

25
  Ibid., p. 143.

26
  MTF: ‘What’s Wrong with Politics’, CPC Lecture, Blackpool, 11 October 1968.

27
  Ibid.

28
  MTF: Giles Scott-Smith interview with Dean B. Mahin. Giles Scott-Smith, ‘Margaret Thatcher’s International Visitor Programme to the United States’,
British Contemporary History
, vol. 17, no. 4, Winter, 2003, pp. 13–14.

29
  Moore,
Margaret Thatcher
, Vol. 1, p. 199.

30
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 155.

31
  AC: Interview with Sir Edward du Cann.

32
  ‘Spot the Prime Minister’,
Sunday Times
, 5 March 1967.

33
  AC: Interview with Michael Palmer.

34
  
Daily Express
, 7 February 1970.

35
  MTF: Shadow Cabinet Conference, 1 February 1970.

36
  Ibid.

37
  Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 4 December 1969, cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 206.

38
  Wapshott and Brock,
Thatcher
, p. 63.

39
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 162.

40
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 97.

41
  Talleyrand, January 1809, cited in Robin Harris,
Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France
, John Murray, 2007, p. 199.

42
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 163.

8 SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION

  
1
  AC: Interview with Lord St John of Fawsley.

  
2
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 169.

  
3
  Hansard, HC Deb 8 July 1970.

  
4
  Ibid.

  
5
  Ibid.

  
6
  Cabinet Secretary’s notebooks, 23 June 1970, cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 221.

  
7
  Ibid., p. 207.

  
8
  
Third Way
, vol. 18, no. 6, July 1995, p. 8.

  
9
  AC: Conversation with Iain Macleod 1968.

10
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 229.

11
  MTF: Speech to the Conservative Party Conference 12 October 1972.

12
  AC: Interview with Lord St John of Fawsley.

13
  Ibid.

14
  Ibid.

15
  Ibid.

16
  
Daily Mirror
, 6 October 1971.

17
  
Guardian
, 28 October 1970.

18
  
Sun
, 25 November 1971.

19
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 181.

20
  Hansard, HC Deb 18 November 1971.

21
  Ibid., 5 November 1971.

22
  Ibid., 18 November 1971.

23
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 233.

24
  AC: Interview with Lord St. John of Fawsley.

25
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 232.

26
  Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, pp. 98–99.

27
  Gardiner,
Margaret Thatcher
, pp. 114–115.

28
  AC: Conversation with Ted Heath, 1981.

29
  Hansard, HC Deb 3 February 1972.

30
  
Sunday Telegraph
, 9 April 1972.

31
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 190.

32
  
The Times
, 20 June 1972.

33
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 191.

34
  
Guardian
, 7 December 1972.

35
  AC: Interview with Dr Henry Kissinger.

36
  MTF: AmEmbassy to Department of State, 25 June 1973.

37
  
Observer
, 2 December 1973.

38
  
Finchley Press
, 13 and 20 August 1971.

39
  Hansard, HC Deb 28 January 1974.

40
  
Finchley Press
, 23 November 1973.

41
  Ibid., 1 February 1974.

42
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 233.

43
  AC: Interview with Sir Edward du Cann.

44
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 239.

45
  Philip Ziegler,
Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography
, Harper Press, 2011, p. 440.

46
  Campbell
, The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 255.

47
  
A Chance to Meet
, BBC1, 21 March 1971, cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 222.

48
  AC: Interview with Lord St John of Fawsley.

9 HEATH ON THE ROPES

  
1
  Margaret Laing,
Edward Heath: Prime Minister
, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972, p. 205.

  
2
  AC: Conversations with Ted Heath and Teddy Denman, Summer 1972.

  
3
  Ibid., 5 March 1974.

  
4
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 246.

  
5
  
Evening Standard
, 28 August 1974.

  
6
  BBC Radio 4, 8 July 1990, cited in John Ranelagh,
Thatcher’s People: An Insider’s Account of the Politics, the Power and the Personalities
, HarperCollins, 1991, p. 192.

  
7
  John Junor,
Listening for a Midnight Tram: Memoirs
, Chapmans, 1990, p. 227.

  
8
  Peter Walker,
Staying Power: An Autobiography
, Bloomsbury, 1991, p. 126.

  
9
  AC: August 1974.

10
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 255.

11
  
The Times
, 6 September 1974.

12
  
Daily Mirror
, 28 September 1974.

13
  
Sun
, 28 September 1974.

14
  
Finchley Press
, 4 October 1974.

15
  Campbell,
The Grocer’s Daughter
, p. 279.

16
  AC: 1922 Committee Meeting, 31 October 1974.

17
  Ibid.: Dinner party hosted by Hugh Fraser, 2 December 1974.

18
  
The Times
, 16 October 1974.

19
  Ibid.

20
  John Campbell,
Pistols at Dawn
, Vintage, 2010, p. 316.

21
  CAC: Hailsham Papers, Diary, 12 November 1974.

22
  Interview with Lady Thatcher, cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 256.

23
  Interview with Sir Alfred Sherman, cited in Moore,
Margaret Thatcher, Vol. 1
, p. 254.

24
  Joseph, Keith,
Reversing the Trend
, Barry Rose, 1975, p. 4.

25
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 261.

26
  Ibid., p. 263.

27
  
Evening Standard
, 19 October 1974.

28
  
Guardian
21 October 1974.

29
  Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 263.