1975: Tory Leadership Vote
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In this short interview with Margaret Thatcher before the first ballot in the Conservative leadership contest, she expresses confidence in the amount of support she will receive.
Margaret Thatcher was an outsider when she challenged Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative Party. It was considered unlikely that she would get the number of votes required to force a second ballot. For example, The Economist magazine commented that she was "precisely the sort of candidate... who ought to be able to stand, and lose, harmlessly".
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive: Originally broadcast 31 January 1975.