Baroness Thatcher gives up public speaking

Baroness Thatcher will never make a public speech again - on doctors' advice, her office 発表するd today.

The 告示 公表する／暴露するd that she had 苦しむd "a number of small 一打／打撃s" over 最近の months, and that doctors had told her that these could neither be 予報するd nor 妨げるd.

The former 保守的な 総理大臣, 76, has "with 広大な／多数の／重要な 悔いる" decided to がまんする by this advice which 含むs cutting 支援する her programme "at once".

The doctors had told her that in particular she should 避ける the undue 緊張するs that public speaking placed on her.

Iain Duncan Smith, the 保守的な leader, すぐに 問題／発行するd a 声明 説 he was saddened by the news, but fully understood the 推論する／理由s that she had been advised to 身を引く from her public 約束／交戦s.

The 十分な 声明 from her office said: "Over 最近の months, Lady Thatcher has 苦しむd a number of small 一打／打撃s. After 徹底的な 調査 伴う／関わるing a number of 実験（する）s, her doctors have told her that these can neither be 予報するd nor 妨げるd.

"They have therefore told her to 削減（する） 支援する her programme at once and in particular to 避ける the undue 緊張するs that public speaking places on her.

"With 広大な／多数の／重要な 悔いる she has decided to がまんする by this advice and to 取り消す all her speaking 約束／交戦s."

A 広報担当者 at her office agreed that this meant there would be no more public speeches "ever" from Lady Thatcher.

Lady Thatcher was said to be 残り／休憩（する）ing today at her London home.

Mr Duncan Smith said: "I am saddened by the news that Baroness Thatcher is unwell and fully understand the 推論する／理由s that she has been advised to 身を引く from her public 約束／交戦s.

"On に代わって of the whole party I wish her and Sir Denis the very best and our thoughts and wishes for a 迅速な 回復."

Today's 告示 and the 医療の 実験（する）s follow what was believed to be a 一打／打撃 苦しむd by Lady Thatcher on Tuesday, although she did go into her office for a while on that day.

Then, the doctors 主張するd that she should "take things 平易な". She cancelled her 約束／交戦s for the 残り／休憩（する） of this week, 含むing a speaking 約束／交戦 that evening at an Alzheimer's 信用 dinner in central London.

A few weeks ago, Lady Thatcher 発表するd that she would not be …に出席するing the 祝賀s in the Falklands to 示す the 20th 周年記念日 of the islands' 解放 from Argentina because the 旅行 would be too much for her husband.

In a letter to the Falklands Islands' 政府, which 問題／発行するd the 招待 for her to be guest of honour at the June 14 祝賀s, Lady Thatcher wrote: "Though I am still fit and 井戸／弁護士席, I feel that the 旅行 which would be gruelling even for me, would be far too much for Denis and I know that he would not wish me to go without him."

Sir Denis is 86.

の直前に the New Year, Lady Thatcher 苦しむd a minor 一打／打撃 in Madeira where she and Sir Denis were enjoying a holiday to celebrate their golden wedding 周年記念日.

This was a nostalgic return visit to the island where they spent their honeymoon in 1951.

She appeared to have made a 迅速な 回復 from that and quickly 急落（する），激減（する）d 支援する into the political fray.

Within days of returning from Madeira she was around and about in the House of Lords.

She was 予定 to make no より小数の than five trips to the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs this year 実行するing lecturing 約束／交戦s.

She was also busily engaged in 促進するing her new 調書をとる／予約する Statecraft, 同様に as 存在 伴う／関わるd in the Queen's Golden Jubilee 祝賀s.

In March 1994, Lady Thatcher momentarily 崩壊（する）d while making a speech in Chile, but she 速く 回復するd her composure. She had been 苦しむing from a stomach upset.

Some years earlier, she developed a coughing fit while 演説（する）／住所ing a church 集会 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The previous day she had spent hours under the 炎ing sun during the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限ing of a new dam 近づく the town of Kandy.

In August, 1986, she underwent an 操作／手術 for a 条件 known as Dupuytren's contracture, which was clawing the little finger of her 権利 手渡す に向かって the palm.

専門家s say this 条件 can result from too much 手渡す-shaking, or even too much むち打ち on the 手渡す at school. Although her arm was ひどく 包帯d after the 操作／手術, the 総理大臣 was 支援する at her desk within hours.

Unlike her 前任者 at 10 負かす／撃墜するing Street, James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher did not have a doctor …を伴ってing her on her foreign trips.

Once, when she was asked by 物陰／風下 Kuan イチイ, who was 総理大臣 of Singapore, why she did not travel with a doctor, she replied: "I would have ended up looking after the doctor."

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