Sermon on the Mound

The Sermon on the Mound is the name given by the Scottish press to an address made by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on 21 May 1988. The name is a play on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and on the artificial hill in Edinburgh called The Mound on which the Church's Assembly Hall stands.

Sermon on the Mound

The Sermon on the Mound is the name given by the Scottish press to an address made by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on 21 May 1988. The name is a play on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and on the artificial hill in Edinburgh called The Mound on which the Church's Assembly Hall stands.