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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rod Minchin

Margaret Thatcher’s Tory leadership paper unearthed in forgotten cardboard box

Margaret Thatcher was nominated to lead the Conservative Party in 1975 - (PA)

A nomination paper, signed by Margaret Thatcher and instrumental in her ascent to Conservative Party leadership, has been unearthed.

The document, which ultimately confirmed Mrs Thatcher as party leader and altered the trajectory of British history, was discovered in a cardboard box belonging to Sir Edward du Cann.

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