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The Sermon on the Mound

Iain MacWhirter recalls a famously controversial speech made by prime minister Margaret Thatcher to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 20 years ago.

Twenty years ago, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came to Scotland to speak to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on the Mound in Edinburgh.
Her speech included that quotation from St Paul and was a disaster. It marks the key moment when the Scottish middle classes rejected Thatcherism.
Alan Cochrane tries to make sense of Thatcher's controversial gaffe and assesses its legacy of the Sermon on the Mound to politics in Scotland and the UK.

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Apr 201315:05
BBC Radio Scotland

Broadcasts

  • Wed 7 May 200820:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 11 May 200805:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 8 Apr 201315:05
    BBC Radio Scotland