| 81 Jan 5 Mo |
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Reshuffle: Stevas, Maude left cabinet; Brittan joined |
| 86 Oct 11 Sa |
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Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (ended 12 Oct) |
| 65 Nov 11 Th |
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Rhodesia declared UDI |
| 90 Jul 14 Sa |
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Ridley resigned over comments on Germany; Lilley joined Cabinet to succeed him at DTI |
| 89 Dec 22 Fr |
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Romania: Ceausescu overthrown (killed 25 Dec) |
| 75 Nov 27 Th |
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Ross McWhirter murdered by IRA - MT given 24 hour police protection |
| 72 Feb 10 Th |
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[Chronology] |
Saltley Coke depot closed by pickets |
| 81 Mar 26 Th |
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[Chronology] |
SDP formed (Alliance formed 16 June) |
| 70 Jan 30 Fr |
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[Chronology] |
Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb |
| 75 Feb 18 Tu |
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Shadow Cabinet complete |
| 76 Dec 1 We |
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[Chronology] |
Shadow Cabinet decided to oppose devolution on 2R; Buchanan-Smith and Rifkind resigned |
| 68 Aug 20 Tu |
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Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
| 78 Jul 21 Fr |
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[Chronology] |
Stage 3 White Paper: 5 per cent pay guideline |
| 72 Nov 6 Mo |
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[Chronology] |
Statutory control of pay, prices, dividends and rents (Phase I) |
| 80 Jan 2 We |
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Steel strike began (ended 3 April) |
| 88 Mar 7 Mo |
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Key |
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Sterling `uncapped' on MT's insistence; rose above 3DM |
| 76 Sep 28 Tu |
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[Chronology] |
Sterling crisis resumed: Healey turned back from Heathrow |
| 72 Jun 23 Fr |
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Sterling floated: left European `snake' and unpegged from dollar |
| 90 Apr 1 Su |
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Strangeways prison siege (ended 25 Apr); disturbances in other gaols |
| 73 Dec 9 Su |
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Sunningdale Agreement |
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