Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Speech to Finchley Ball (30 years as Finchley MP)

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: London Marriott Hotel, central London
Source:
Editorial comments: Between 1815 and 2320. Finchley and Friern Barnet Conservatives held a charity ball to celebrate MT’s thirty years in Parliament. In her after dinner speech, she said, "Tonight was worth waiting thirty years for. I came here knowing that whatever happened during the earlier part of the week, I should be having this evening with friends" (Finchley Times, 2 November 1989).
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: nil
Themes: Executive (appointments), Conservative Party (organization)