Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Remarks visiting Gateshead ("Compassion isn’t enough")

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: NEI Power Engineering Ltd, Saltmeadows, Gateshead
Source: Tyne Tees TV Archive: OUP transcript
Editorial comments: 1040-1200. There is additional material in the [Gateshead] Evening Chronicle, 12 March 1982, checked against film in the Tyne Tees TV Archive. Opening an 8 million pound extension to the factory she commented: "A company like this makes it easier for me when I have to try to sell our products abroad". She praised the NEI group for its profitability and success. "This development brings great lustre to the British nuclear industry as well as bringing jobs to the area. I confess that I have been a great advocate of the nuclear power industry. It’s clean and it has never cost a single life".
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 407
Themes: Energy