Great speeches: Margaret Thatcher
Edited and full versions of Margaret Thatcher's 'The lady's not for turning' speech, delivered at the Conservative party conference in Brighton on 10 October 1980
The lady's not for turning
Edited text: This speech was delivered to the Conservative party conference in Brighton on October 10 1980.
Strength in the face of adversity
Simon Jenkins: The idea of an iron lady sure of the medicine the country needed and resolute in administering it became Thatcher's talisman.
The lady's not for turning
Full text: This speech was delivered to the Conservative party conference in Brighton on October 10 1980.
Great speeches: 'Orwellian nightmare' if Tories fail, claims Margaret Thatcher
This report of the Conservative party conference ran in the Guardian on Saturday October 11 1980
