TV roasting of Margaret Thatcher
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
In its end of year edition in 1979, The Economist predicted the imminent downfall of Margaret Thatcher but instead she endured for another decade
Ken Livingstone and detention camps for political dissenters
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…
The Falklands War – the view from 1982
The Falklands War in 1982 rescued the then unpopular Thatcher government and led to the general election victory of 1982 as Tony McMahon reports
Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader
Michael Foot – a great intellectual, not such a great party leader