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| Date | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 81 Oct 13 Tu |  |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "'Blue Chips' to aid party in Croydon" (all 14 to visit) [demonstration of loyalty] |
| 81 Oct 15 Th |  |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "Impassioned plea by Heath gets short shrift from Tories" (attacks government at party conference) |
| 81 Oct 15 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "Chancellor launches onslaught on 'union irresponsibility'" (Howe clashes with Heath) |
| 81 Oct 16 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "Thatcher faces growing rift in Cabinet" (Tebbit speech - father "didn't riot. He got on his bike, & looked for work") |
| 81 Oct 16 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "Monetarists warn wets: stop playing with fire" (Lawson & Walters speeches) |
| 81 Nov 19 Th | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment] |
| 81 Nov 28 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | SDP: "Heath hints he might join a Tory-SDP coalition" ("There might be invitations ... which might be acceptable") |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Heath scorns the 'pretence' of monetarism" (speech) [no intellectual basis] |
| 81 Dec 7 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | SDP-Liberal Alliance: "Steel tells of talks with troubled senior Tories" (dissident Conservatives including junior ministers) [plus Gilmour attack] |
| 81 Dec 8 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "A Tory warning from the last ditch" (Chris Patten article) [give cabinet the benefit of the doubt "one last time ... some signs of change"] |
| 81 Dec 8 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "Tory 'wets' set for rebellion on economy" (Gilmour Group) [around a dozen likely to abstain on Autumn Statement] |
| 81 Dec 9 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "Howe attacked from all sides" (debate on Autumn Statement) [14 Conservative abstentions] |
| 81 Dec 10 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "The Kamikaze Tory Rebels" (Ronald Butt article) [firing arrows into backs of their own side] |
| 81 Dec 12 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Why Howe should heed that lorry rumble" (Geoffrey Smith article) [threat to Howe's survival] |
| 85 Oct 21 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | South Africa: “Thatcher refuses to budge over sanctions” [arguments at Nassau CHOGM] |
| 85 Oct 22 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | South Africa: Summit accord on apartheid hailed as key step [outcome of Nassau CHOGM] |
| 86 Nov 17 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cold War: "Thatcher talks fail to bridge chasm" & "Reagan tells Thatcher Soviet-US deal would not affect UK deterrent" (Camp David meeting) |
| 89 Nov 25 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cold War: "Cold war 'will last until 2000'" (MT-Bush meeting at Camp David) |
| 89 Dec 6 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Leadership election: "Victory with just a dent" (MT defeats Meyer) |
| 89 Dec 6 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Leadership election: "Clear-cut win as 314 vote for Thatcher" (MT defeats Meyer) |
| 89 Dec 6 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cold War: "Bush moves swiftly to deny 'snub' over EC" (Bush calls MT) |
| 90 Aug 3 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Gulf War: "Thatcher urges UN to act tough" (MT in Aspen) |
| 90 Nov 23 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Falling from power: "America astonished by fall of loyal ally" (reaction from Reagan & Bush) |
| 03 Jan 26 Su | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Younger [George] (1931-2003) [Scottish Secretary 1979-86, Defence Secretary 1986-89] |
| 04 Jun 5 Sa | |
Key | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (1911-2004) [US President 1981-89] |
| 04 Nov 14 Su | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Slimeballs always hate a strong woman” (Julie Burchill) |
| 05 Jun 17 Fr | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT & Reagan: “Old friends united by one man” (MT sees Nancy Reagan) |
| 05 Jul 17 Su | |
Key | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Heath [Edward] (1916-2005) [Prime Minister 1970-74] |
| 05 Oct 3 Mo | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Lady Thatcher embroiled in US corruption probe” (Tom DeLay) |
| 05 Oct 10 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT at 80: “‘You’re not invited’, Thatcher tells Cameron and Clarke” (80th birthday party) |
| 05 Oct 11 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Seldon [Arthur] (1916-2005) [free market thinker & IEA co-founder] |
| 05 Oct 14 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT at 80: “The ultimate Eighties revival night” (80th birthday party) |
| 05 Oct 20 Th | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT at 80: “Thatcher and Gorbachev take a short stroll down memory lane” (meeting in London) |
| 05 Nov 3 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cold War: “Thatcher plotted to block German unity, says Kohl” (Kohl memoirs published) |
| 05 Nov 4 Fr | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Northern Ireland: “McCartney sisters boycott awards to avoid Thatcher” (Irish Republican protest) |
| 05 Nov 12 Sa | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Glamour and talent of the lord of the photos” (tribute to Patrick, Lord Lichfield) |
| 05 Nov 19 Sa | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Lonely Black looks in vain for friends in need” (US fraud charges) |
| 05 Nov 26 Sa | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “‘Bush Oysters’ and nature’s call prove route to a nation’s heart” (Carol Thatcher on “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”) |
| 05 Dec 6 Tu | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Thatcher takes jungle seat with yet another landslide victory” (Carol Thatcher wins “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”) |
| 05 Dec 8 Th | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Baroness Thatcher ‘comfortable’” (dizzy spell) |
| 05 Dec 9 Fr | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Thatcher leaves hospital, feels ‘fine’” (health scare) |
| 05 Dec 28 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: “Exorcise these Tory ghosts” (expunging Thatcherite rhetoric) |
| 06 Jan 2 Mo | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: “Cameron breaks with Thatcherite past in about-turn over health policy” (drops patient passport) |
| 06 Jan 6 Fr | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: "Grandees rally to Thatcher" (direction of policy under David Cameron) |
| 06 Jan 31 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: "Win centre ground or failure is inevitable, Tories told" (David Cameron Demos speech) |
| 06 Feb 8 We | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Foreign policy: "Has the Foreign Office had its day?" (Churchill College seminar) |
| 06 Feb 16 Th | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: "Overlooked back home, Thatcher's legacy seeks haven in the US" (Conservatives rebuild relations with Republicans) |
| 06 Mar 11 Sa | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: "Gratitude and much respect at end of journey to redemption" (death of John Profumo) |
| 06 Mar 13 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "It was bold, it was brutal, but who was proved right in 1981?" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) |
| 06 Mar 28 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (1917-2006) [long-time US friend & ally of MT] |
| 06 May 22 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: “Cameron draws line under Thatcher policies” (‘General Well-Being’ versus GDP) |
| 06 Jun 13 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Haughey [Charles] (1925-2006) [former Irish Taoiseach] |
| 06 Jul 31 Mo | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “BBC to ban repeats of Ross versus Cameron” (controversial interview comments on MT) |
| 06 Aug 8 Tu | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Thatcher state funeral plan denied” (‘no such plans’) |
| 06 Aug 26 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Sherman [Sir Alfred] (1919-2006) [key 1970s advisor to MT] |
| 06 Aug 28 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | South Africa: "Cameron disowns Thatcher's policy on apartheid" (ANC not terrorists) |
| 06 Aug 30 We | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Monro [Hector] (1922-2006) [Scottish Conservative stalwart] |
| 06 Aug 31 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Sherman [Sir Alfred] (appreciation by Bruce Anderson) |
| 06 Sep 12 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Foreign policy: “Cameron and Thatcher divided over ‘slavish’ special relationship” (Cameron speech & MT 9/11 statement) |
| 06 Oct 2 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: “We can never return to the policies of the Thatcher era, says Cameron” (Cameron party conference speech) |
| 06 Oct 19 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Harris [Lord Ralph] (1924-2006) |
| 06 Oct 30 Mo | |
Trivial | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Maggie, the born queen of the desert” (Carol Thatcher has 24 per cent Middle Eastern DNA) |
| 06 Nov 16 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Friedman [Milton] (1912-2006) |
| 06 Nov 22 We | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Peyton [John] (1919-2006) [1975 Conservative leadership candidate] |
| 06 Dec 11 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Chile: “General Pinochet, 91, dies awaiting trial for murder” (MT “greatly saddened” by his death) |
| 07 Jan 8 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Cockfield [Arthur] (1916-2007) [Conservative tax expert & European Commissioner 1985-89] |
| 07 Jan 27 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Channon [Paul] (1935-2007) [Trade & Industry Secretary 1986-89] |
| 07 Feb 22 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Iron Lady returns, this time in bronze” (MT statue unveiled in House of Commons) |
| 07 Aug 14 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Biffen [John] (1930-2007) [Conservative cabinet minister, 1979-87] |
| 07 Aug 17 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Deedes [Bill] (1913-2007) [Conservative minister, journalist and Thatcher family friend] |
| 07 Sep 5 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Revealed: Thatcher’s unlikely admirer” (Gordon Brown press conference) |
| 07 Sep 14 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Iron Lady on the doorstep as Tories launch a doorstopper” (MT visits Gordon Brown at No.10) |
| 07 Sep 21 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Gilmour [Sir Ian] (1926-2007) [prominent Conservative critic of MT] |
| 07 Sep 26 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Tebbit hits out at Tories and names Brown as Thatcher’s natural heir” (General Election speculation) |
| 07 Oct 28 Su | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “US dismissed Margaret Thatcher as suburban matron who would never win power” (State Department files) |
| 08 Feb 27 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Buckley [William F., Jr.] (1925-2008) [leading American conservative] |
| 08 Mar 7 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Obituary: Pym [Francis] (1922-2008) [Conservative Foreign Secretary 1982-83] |
| 08 Apr 6 Su | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “The real Lady Thatcher” (extract from Ferdinand Mount’s memoirs) |
| 08 Jun 7 Sa | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “My fair Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher’s Long Walk to Finchley” [BBC4 drama about MT in the 1950s] |
| 08 Jun 20 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: "Margaret Thatcher: the early promise" (Matthew Parris) [MT as revealed in Times Archive] |
| 08 Aug 25 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “Margaret Thatcher's struggle with dementia revealed in daughter's memoir” [Carol Thatcher book serialised] |
| 08 Sep 5 Fr | |
Minor | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “This is Alaska’s Margaret Thatcher” [Sarah Palin selected as Republican Vice-Presidential nominee] |
| 09 Sep 11 Fr | |
Key | Commentary (The Times) | German unification: “Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German unification” (documents from Gorbachev Archive) [“Britain & Western Europe are not interested in the unification of Germany”] |
| 82 Sep 26 Su | |
Major | Commentary Sunday Times | East Asia: "A new Mrs Thatcher rises in the East" [Hugo Young article] |
| 90 Aug 2 Th | |
Key | Margaret Thatcher | Gulf War: Visiting Aspen [memoirs extract] |
| 90 Aug 6 Mo | |
Key | Margaret Thatcher | Gulf War: Bush-Thatcher meeting in Washington [memoirs extract] |
| 90 Aug 26 Su | |
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Gulf War: Bush-Thatcher phone conversation (no time to go wobbly) [memoirs extract] |
| 90 Sep 30 Su | |
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Gulf War: MT-Bush meeting in New York [memoirs extract] |
| 90 Nov 9 Fr | |
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Gulf War: MT meeting with Jim Baker (reinforcing British deployment) [memoirs extract] |
| 12 Feb 6 Mo | |
Major | Moore (Charles) | Conservatism: Margaret Thatcher & Capitalism (2012 Adam Smith Lecture) |
| 12 Jan 17 Tu | |
Major | Needham (Duncan) | Economy: "Fentiman Road: Drawing the Conservative fiscal policy threads together in 1978" [study of Conservative economic planning in Opposition] |
| 91 Mar 14 Th | |
Minor | Newton (Helmut) | MT: Helmut Newton Autobiography (extract) [portrait of MT taken at Anaheim] |
| 06 Apr 6 Th | |
Major | Rumsfeld (Donald) | Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (Donald Rumsfeld Eulogy) |
| 67 Feb 20 Mo | |
Major | Scott-Smith (Giles) | US visit: Giles Scott-Smith article on MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) |
| 82 Dec 16 Th | |
Major | Shultz (George) | Cold War: The “Special Relationship” (Shultz memoirs) |
| 83 Mar 23 We | |
Major | Shultz (George) | Cold War: Reagan’s Star Wars initiative (Shultz memoirs) |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | |
Major | Shultz (George) | Cold War: US disappointment at MT’s line over Grenada (Shultz memoirs) |
| 84 Nov 3 Sa | |
Major | Shultz (George) | Cold War: Meeting MT at Mrs Gandhi’s funeral (Shultz memoirs) |
| 84 Dec 22 Sa | |
Key | Shultz (George) | Cold War: MT’s visit to Camp David (Shultz memoirs) |
| 85 Nov 20 We | |
Major | Shultz (George) | Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (Shultz memoirs) |
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