Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography (147 page)

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Private information.
2
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Interview with Michael Portillo.
3
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Interview with Lord Carrington.
4
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Interview with Robert Hunter.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, diary (unpublished), 8 May 1977; interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski. It seems likely that Brzezinski was referring to
A Government as Good as its People
(Simon & Schuster, 1977), a collection of Carter’s speeches published the week before Mrs Thatcher met with the President. Alternatively he might have been thinking of Carter’s campaign biography:
Why not the Best?
(Bantam Books, 1976).
6
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Margaret Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, HarperCollins, 1995, p. 367.
7
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New York Times
, 9 May 1977.
8
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Ibid., 6 Sept. 1977.
9
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Interview with Rob Shepherd.
10
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Brzezinski to Carter, ‘Meeting with Mrs Thatcher’, 6 June 1977, RAC NLC-126-8-4-1-8, Carter Library, Atlanta GA.
11
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Ibid.
12
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Interview with David Aaron, Deputy National Security Advisor to President Carter in 1977.
13
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Interview with Peter Jay.
14
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Speech to British American Chamber of Commerce, 8 Sept. 1977 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103436
).
15
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Caroline Stephens, note (unpublished), 7 Sept. 1977.
16
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Daily Telegraph
, 15 Sept. 1977 (Christopher Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher 1945–90 on CD-ROM
, Oxford University Press, 1998/2000).
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Stephens, note, 9 Sept. 1977.
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Speech to the English Speaking Union in Houston, 9 Sept. 1977 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103268
).
19
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Correspondence with Roy Fox.
20
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Daily Telegraph
, 12 Sept. 1977 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
21
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Correspondence with President George H. W. Bush.
22
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Stephens, note, 11 Sept. 1977.
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Stephens, note, 12 Sept. 1977.
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Time
, 19 Sept. 1977.
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Stephens, note, 11 Sept. 1977.
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Cyrus Vance to the President, 12 Sept. 1977, RAC NLC-128-12-12-7-6, Carter Library.
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Vance to the President, ‘Meeting with UK Opposition Leader Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, 10:30am. Tuesday, September 13’, US State Department Archives, released under FOIA Case #200502415.
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Interview with Gregory Treverton.
29
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Interview with Walter Mondale.
30
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Interview with Harold Brown.
31
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Interview with Henry Kissinger.
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Stephens, note, 12 Sept. 1977.
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See
National Review
, 21 Jan. 1977.
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Interview with Peter Jay.
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Financial Times
, 16 Sept. 1977.
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Guardian
, 15 Sept. 1977 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
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Private information.
38
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Speech to Les Grandes Conferences Catholiques, Brussels, 23 June 1978 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103720
).
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Leaders Consultative Committee meeting minutes 4 Oct. 1978, The Thatcher Papers, Churchill College, Cambridge, THCR 2/6/1/213.
40
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Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 418.
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Ibid.
42
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Margaret Thatcher to Maurice Macmillan MP, 29 Mar. 1976, THCR 2/6/1/87.
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Hansard, HC Deb 13 Jan. 1976 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102935
).
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Malcolm Rifkind, note (unpublished), 3 Dec. 1976.
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Interview with Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar.
46
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Private information.
47
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Interview with Sir Teddy Taylor.
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Bernard Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, 2 vols, Jonathan Cape, 2005, 2008, vol. ii:
With James Callaghan in No. 10
, 23 Mar. 1977, p. 171.
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Margaret Thatcher to Alick Buchanan-Smith and others, 5 Apr. 1977, THCR 2/6/1/86.
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Leader’s Consultative Committee meeting minutes, 2 Nov. 1977, THCR 2/6/1/161.
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Interview with Sir Teddy Taylor.
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Adam Ridley memo to Margaret Thatcher, 18 July 1978, THCR 2/12/2/4.
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Adam Ridley to Margaret Thatcher, 23 Oct. 1978, THCR 2/12/2/4.
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Minutes of meeting of 25 Oct. 1978, THCR 2/1/1/32.
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Nigel Lawson memo to Margaret Thatcher, 30 Oct. 1978, THCR 2/1/2/12.
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Sir Geoffrey Howe to Margaret Thatcher, 31 Oct. 1978, THCR 2/1/1/32.
57
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Ibid.
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Margaret Thatcher to Sir George Bolton, 13 Nov. 1978, THCR 2/2/1/5.
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Hansard, HC Deb 6 Dec. 1978 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103794
).
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Interview with Lord Ryder of Wensum.
61
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World in Action
(Granada), 30 Jan. 1978 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103485
).
62
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Roy Jenkins,
European Diary 1977–81
, Collins, 1989, p. 215.
63
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Interview with Michael Portillo.
64
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Hansard, HC Deb 31 Jan. 1978 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103605
).
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Interview with Lady Thatcher.
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David Butler interview with Enoch Powell, 1978, David Butler Archive, Nuffield College, Oxford.
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The Jimmy Young Programme
(BBC Radio 2), 31 Jan. 1978 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
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Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 409.
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Sir Gordon Reece, memoir (unpublished).
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Interview with Lord Bell.
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Interview with Lord McAlpine of West Green.
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Interview with Lord Bell.
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Reece, memoir.
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David Butler interview with Tim Bell, 22 May 1979, David Butler Archive.
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David Butler interview with Gordon Reece, 12 June 1978, David Butler Archive.
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Private information.
77
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Interview with Lord Bell.
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Interview with Lord McAlpine of West Green.
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Interview with Jeremy Sinclair.
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Interview with Lord Bell.
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Interview with Jeremy Sinclair.
82
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Ibid.
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Interview with Sir Gordon Reece.
84
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Interview with Lord Dobbs.
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Interview with Lord Ryder of Wensum.
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Interview with Lady Wakeham.
87
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Interview with Sir Mark Thatcher.
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THCR 2/6/1/163.
89
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Ibid.
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Interview with Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale.
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THCR 2/6/1/163.
92
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Ibid.
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Margaret Thatcher interview by David Butler and Dennis Kavanagh, 9 Aug. 1978, David Butler Archive.
94
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Ibid.
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Undated foreword draft, THCR 2/7/1/5.
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Draft manifesto, 30 Aug. 1978, THCR 2/6/1/163.
97
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Ibid.
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Ibid.

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David Butler interview with Gavyn Davies, 31 May 1979, David Butler Archive, Nuffield College, Oxford.
2
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Bernard Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, 2 vols, Jonathan Cape, 2005, 2008, vol. ii:
With James Callaghan in No
.
10
, 7 Sept. 1978, p. 359.
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Interview with Lord Dobbs.
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Interview with Lord Patten of Barnes.
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 3 Oct. 1978, p. 370.
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Private information.
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Interview with Sir Edward Heath.
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Private information.
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Ibid.
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The
Times
, 23 Oct. 1978.
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Lord Deedes, diary (unpublished), 4 Oct. 1978.
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Tonight
(BBC1), 10 Oct. 1978.
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Speech to Conservative Party conference, 13 Oct. 1978 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103764
).
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 27 Oct. 1978, p. 381.
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Evening Standard
, 27 Oct. 1978.
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Interview with Lord Ryder of Wensum.
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 14 Dec. 1978, p. 402.
18
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Ibid., p. 403.
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Lord Deedes, notes (unpublished), 31 May 1979.
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 3 Jan. 1979, p. 413.
21
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Weekend World
(LWT), 7 Jan. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103807
).
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Letter to Hugh Thomas, 10 Jan. 1979, The Thatcher Papers, Churchill College, Cambridge, THCR 2/6/1/230.
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 16 Jan. 1979, p. 424.
24
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See Hansard, HC Deb 16 Jan. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103924
).
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Interview with Lord Bell.
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Interview with Sir Gordon Reece.
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See Margaret Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, HarperCollins, 1995, pp. 427–30.
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Interview with Lord Bell.
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Party political broadcast, 17 Jan. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103926
).
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 18 Jan. 1979, p. 425.
31
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Ibid., 19 Jan. 1979, p. 427.
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THCR 2/6/1/233.
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The Jimmy Young Programme
(BBC Radio 2), 31 Jan. 1979 (Christopher Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher 1945–90 on CD-ROM
, Oxford University Press, 1998/2000).
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Hansard, HC Deb 28 Mar. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103983
).
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 28 Mar. 1979, p. 471.
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Private information.
37
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 28 Mar. 1979, p. 471.
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Ibid., p. 472.
39
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Ibid.
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Ibid., 8 Apr. 1979, p. 480.
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Interview with Sir Gordon Reece.
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David Butler interview with Lord Thorneycroft, 31 May 1979, David Butler Archive.
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Interviews with Lord Bell and Sir Gordon Reece.
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Interview with Sir Gordon Reece.
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Interview with Lord Bell.
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Letter to David Cox, London Weekend Television, 3 Apr. 1979, THCR 2/7/1/32.
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 4 Apr. 1979, p. 477.
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David Butler interview with Gordon Reece, 8 May 1979, David Butler Archive.
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THCR 2/7/1/5.
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Ibid.
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Interview with Sir Adam Ridley.
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 5 Apr. 1979, p. 478.
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For a full account of this incident, see Matthew Parris,
Chance Witness:
An Outsider’s Life in Politics
, Viking, 2002, pp. 199–200 and 223–8.
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BBC News, 30 Mar. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103837
).
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Hansard, HC Deb 2 Apr. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103992
).
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Interview with Lord McAlpine of West Green.
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See Ronald Millar,
A View from the Wings
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989, pp. 247–8.
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Daily Express
, 12 Apr. 1979 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
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General election press conference, 11 Apr. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104000
).
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Speech at Finchley adoption meeting, 11 Apr. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104002
).
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Speech to Conservative Party rally, Cardiff, 16 Apr. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104011
).
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Ibid.
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Speech to Conservative Party rally, Birmingham, 19 Apr. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104026
).
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Interview with Lord McAlpine of West Green.
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Daily Telegraph
, 20 Apr. 1979.
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Campaign ’79
(BBC1), 2 May 1979 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
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Ibid.
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 8 Apr. 1979, p. 480.
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Ibid., 11 Apr. 1979, p. 843.
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Interview with Michael Portillo.
71
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See Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 451.
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Interview with Lord Dobbs.
73
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David Butler interview with Chris Patten, 24 May 1979, David Butler Archive.
74
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Bernard Donoughue,
Prime Minister: The Conduct of Policy under James Callaghan and Harold Wilson
, Jonathan Cape, 1987, p. 191.
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David Butler interview with Gavyn Davies, 31 May 1979, David Butler Archive.
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Sun
, 2 May 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104066
).
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Party election broadcast, 30 Apr. 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104055
).
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 30 Apr. 1979, p. 495.
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Speech to Conservative Party rally, Bolton, 1 May 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104065
).
80
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General election press conference, 2 May 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104069
).
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David Butler interview with Nigel Lawson, 13 June 1979, David Butler Archive.
82
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David Butler interview with Brian Walden, 6 June 1979, David Butler Archive.
83
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Interview with Lord Dobbs.
84
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Speech at eve-of-poll rally, Finchley, 2 May 1979 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104072
).
85
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Donoughue,
Downing Street Diary
, vol. ii, 3 May 1979, p. 499.
86
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Interview with Lord Dobbs.
87
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Interview with Lord McAlpine of West Green.