GB. ENGLAND. Margaret THATCHER. April 1979, one month before her historic victory in the British general election, In a departure from normal British election campaigning, Thatcher set up a campaign tour of Britain,It was conducted mostly for television, with Margaret Thatcher proving skilled in managing photo-opportunities with a chartered plane load of photographers. TV teams and journalists. The tour covered most of the British Isles and at each stage vivid, 'photo opportunities' were set up. She is met here at a stop on her visit to Scotland with Scotish Conservative supporters and is met by enthusiastically with members holding signs spelling out her nickname 'Maggie'.
1979