1979-90: Prime Minister Commentary
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| Date | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 Nov 28 Fr |  |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “An Option For The Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) [Third Leading Article] |
| 80 Dec 1 Mo | |
Key | Commentary (The Times) | Conservativsm: “Lord Vaizey’s change of party” (announces conversion from Labour to Conservative) |
| 80 Dec 1 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Trade unions: "Abuse of union power 'main cause of jobless'" (Hayek paper for IEA) [unions "cannot understand they are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs"] |
| 80 Dec 3 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Commons is united by suspicion of Ridley intentions on Falklands” (Nick Ridley visit & leaseback) [minister badly mauled in Commons] |
| 81 Mar 5 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: "Communists heckle Mrs Thatcher in church" (St Lawrence Jewry speech) [MT: "you see why I fight these people"] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Budget: "Economists criticize Government" (Hayek & Friedman on BBC Panorama ) [blaming wets] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu | |
Key | Thatcher memoirs | Economy: The 1981 budget [memoirs extract] |
| 81 Mar 11 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: Editorial: “The Chancellor’s Conundrum” ("appears to go on digging the hole still deeper") |
| 81 Mar 13 Fr |  |
Major | Commentary (The Sun) | Budget: "'Cabinet Men Warn on Budget" (7 rebel ministers) [Whitelaw, Carrington, Pym, Prior, Walker, Gilmour & Soames] |
| 81 Mar 16 Mo | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Budget: "Advice and consent" (Hayek letter) [does not act as an adviser "on particular decisions"] |
| 81 Apr 4 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Budget: "Beating inflation key to recovery" (Hayek letter on the 364 economists) ["lost generation of British economists ... panicky mob"] |
| 81 Apr 4 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Budget: "Beating inflation key to recovery" (Harris letter on the 364 economists) ["charge sheet of those responsible for ... economic decline"] |
| 81 Sep 15 Tu | |
Key | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Three Cabinet ministers sacked" (reshuffle) [purging the wets] |
| 81 Oct 7 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Heath blast at Thatcher's 'dreary path'" (Manchester speech) [MT rebuts] |
| 81 Oct 7 We | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Pathfinder for a Young Pretender" (leader on Heath's Manchester speech) [his views discounted] |
| 81 Oct 8 Th | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Invitation that did not come" (Heath letter correcting leader) [never invited to join MT's team] |
| 81 Oct 9 Fr | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "The Troubled Ranks of Tuscany" (leader on Changing Gear ) [party in "the early stages of demoralisation"] |
| 81 Oct 10 Sa | |
Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Mrs Thatcher can't expect blind loyalty" (Chris Patten article) ["truth ... lies somewhere in the middle"] |
| 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) |
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