The Iron Lady

26 Wapshott and Brock, p. 46.

27 Grantham Journal, June 1945.

28 Sleaford Gazette, 29 June 1945.

29 Thatcher, p. 46.

30 Ibid., p. 38.

31 House of Commons, 23 October 1984.

2. Young Conservative

1 Wapshott and Brock, p. 51.

2 Conservative party archive (CCO 1/8/397).

3 Ibid.

4 E. J. Tranter to J. P. L. Thomas, 14 January 1949 (CCO 1/7/397).

5 Ibid., 2 March 1949.

6 Thatcher, p. 67.

7 Erith Observer, 10 February 1950.

8 Wapshott and Brock, p. 54.

9 Thatcher, p. 66.

10 Ibid.

11 Carol Thatcher, Below the Parapet: The Biography of Denis Thatcher (HarperCollins, 1996), p. 63.

12 Thatcher, p. 67.

13 Penny Junor, Margaret Thatcher: Wife, Mother, Politician (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983), p.33.

14 Carol Thatcher, p. 64.

15 Miriam Stoppard interview, Woman to Woman, Yorkshire TV, 19 November 1985.

16 Carol Thatcher, p. 69.

17 Murray, p. 48.

18 Election press conference, Glasgow airport, 26 April 1979.

19 Thatcher, p. 103.

20 Carol Thatcher, p. 72.

21 Ibid., p. 89.

22 Ibid., p. 88.

23 Interview, Lord Jenkin.

24 Miriam Stoppard interview, 19 November 1985.

25 Conservative party archive (CCO 1/12/375).

26 Finchley Press, 18 July 1958.

27 Evening Standard, 15 July 1958.

28 Conservative party archive (CCO 1/12/375).

29 Finchley Press, 13 February 1959.

30 Ibid., 25 September 1959.

3. First Steps

1 Peter Rawlinson, A Price Too High (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989), pp. 246 – 7.

2 Henry Brooke in House of Commons, 5 February 1960 [Vol. 616, col. 1436].

3 The Times, 29 January 1960.

4 House of Commons, 5 February 1960 [Vol. 616, cols 1350 – 58].

5 Ibid., col.1358.

6 The Times, 14 April 1960.

7 House of Commons, 13 May 1960 [Vol. 623, col. 836].

8 Finchley Press, 18 August 1961.

9 Gardiner, p. 68.

10 TV interview with Laurens van der Post, 29 March 1983.

11 Thatcher, p. 123.

12 Ibid.

13 Interview, Lord Holderness.

14 Lewis, p. 32.

15 Interview, Lord Holderness.

16 Finchley Press, 9 October 1964.

17 Carol Thatcher, pp. 91 – 4.

4. Opposition

1 Thatcher, p. 133.

2 Ibid., p.134.

3 Election address, Finchley 1966 (Conservative party archive).

4 James Prior, A Balance of Power (Hamish Hamilton, 1986), p. 42.

5 Thatcher, p. 139.

6 Daily Telegraph, 13 October 1966.

7 Sun, 13 October 1966.

8 Thatcher, pp. 153 – 4.

9 Thatcher, p. 144.

10 Sunday Telegraph, 15 October 1967.

11 The Times, 13 September 1968.

12 Guardian, 11 October 1968.

13 Thatcher, pp. 146 – 7.

14 The Times, 13 September 1968.

15 Margaret Thatcher, What’s Wrong with Politics? (CPC, 1968).

16 House of Commons, 29 November 1968 [Vol. 774, cols 946 – 56].

17 Thatcher, pp. 154 – 6.

18 Finchley Press, 17 October 1969.

19 Thatcher, p. 150.

20 Financial Times, 22 October 1969.

21 Observer, 26 October 1969.

22 Finchley Press, 25 March 1966.

23 Sir Edward Boyle to Alderman Fred Hutty, 29 September 1969 (Conservative party archive, CCO 505/3/9).

24 Thatcher, p. 159.

25 The Times, 7 November 1969.

26 House of Commons, 12 February 1970 [Vol. 795, col. 1535].