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TV roasting of Margaret Thatcher

The Thatcher Crisis Years10 years ago9 months ago04 mins

One TV viewer gave Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a roasting over the sinking of the Belgrano putting the Iron Lady on the back foot

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Thatcher downfall expected in 1984

The Thatcher Crisis Years10 years ago3 years ago04 mins

In its end of year edition in 1979, The Economist predicted the imminent downfall of Margaret Thatcher but instead she endured for another decade

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Ken Livingstone and detention camps for political dissenters

The Thatcher Crisis Years10 years ago6 years ago02 mins

Back in 1983, Thatcher went to the country for a fresh electoral mandate after a rocky first term as prime-minister. From 1979 to 1981, unemployment had skyrocketed and large parts of the manufacturing sector had collapsed. The summer of ’81 saw riots and interest rates were fearsomely high. But electoral salvation came in 1982 when…

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The Falklands War – the view from 1982

The Thatcher Crisis Years10 years ago9 months ago019 mins

The Falklands War in 1982 rescued the then unpopular Thatcher government and led to the general election victory of 1982 as Tony McMahon reports

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Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader

The Thatcher Crisis Years11 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader

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