1980s Skinhead Gays – a complicated story
The 1980s gay skinhead scene involved both an element of cosplay but also some individuals who were neo-Nazis and LGBT
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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…
Thatcher destroys the GLC
In 1985, Margaret Thatcher abolished the GLC and other metropolitan county councils that had been a thorn in her side
1981 riots blamed on left-wing agitators
During the 1981 riots there were attempts by the media and politicians to blame left-wing agitators for the violence that erupted in UK cities
Ken Livingstone in the 1980s
Ken Livingstone – always at the centre of controversy – meeting Irish Republicans and Soviet representatives