
How To Interview A Politician
Politics Unpacked
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The Ladies Not for Turning Speech
In 1983, in the general election campaign, Mrs Thatcher seeking a second term. A few days before the polling day, she's doing her last election broadcast. And she's not happy with the script. So who do they call? Someone from Sachi and Sachi or maybe some central office? No, they call Brian Wollden and see whether he would be willing to come and turn his hand to put to writing the appeal for the country for a secondterm. And he does it. When on the same day, he'd interviewed her on ITV, and Downing Street. It's extraordinary because today, this is what people think would be outrageous to do. If it go back 40
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