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| Date | Category | Type | Value |
Author/Source |
Title |
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| 03 Jun 26 Th | Press |
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Key | Commentary (Daily Telegraph & BBC) | Obituary: Thatcher [Sir Denis] (1915-2003) |
| 03 Jun 27 Fr | Press |
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Key | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | MT & DT: “Denis - a sound judge of men who chose a great woman” (Bill Deedes tribute) |
| 82 May 31 Mo | Press |
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Key | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Falklands: Reagan phone call to Thatcher (urges ceasefire) |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Northern Ireland: The Brighton Bomb [memoirs extract] |
| 84 Dec 16 Su | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: The Gorbachevs visit Chequers [memoirs extract] |
| 83 Sep 8 Th | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: Chequers Seminar on future of the Soviet Union [memoirs extract] |
| 83 Sep 29 Th | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting in Washington (record of conversation) [memoirs extract] |
| 84 Dec 22 Sa | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (account of conversation) [memoirs extract] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Grenada: Thatcher letter to Reagan ("deeply disturbed" at US plans) [memoirs extract] |
| 75 Apr 9 We | Press |
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Major | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: Early meeting with Ronald Reagan [memoirs extract] |
| 90 Nov 20 Tu | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Falling from power: Hearing the result of the first ballot [memoirs extract] |
| 90 Nov 22 Th | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Falling from power: Cabinet overboard [memoirs extract] |
| 11 Jun 22 We | Press |
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Major | Agar (Jon) | MT: Jon Agar "Thatcher, Scientist" [study of MT’s scientific career & approach to science policy] |
| 81 Jan 14 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (Bank of England) | Economic policy: Dow minute for Governor (Wass meeting) ["despairing worry at the developing recession and the growing unemployment ... kickback if civil servants started to try to tell Ministers about politics"] [declassified 2011] |
| 82 Jul 7 We | Press |
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Trivial | Archive (Bank of England) | Monetary Policy: Press Association report ("Police Smash Forgery Racket") [suitcases of forged £20 notes found in gold-coloured Rolls-Royce stopped in Old Kent Road] [this copy released 2013] |
| 80 Feb 22 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (Hayek MSS) | Conservatism: Eric Heffer speech ("Tory leaders are no hypocrites, Mr Heffer says") [clash between "wets" and "dries"] |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (Hoskyns MSS) | Budget: Wolfson minute to MT (comments on MT-Howe meeting) ["professional incompetence ... self-delusion ... Criminal Liability"] [released 2011] |
| 84 Feb 3 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (Ingham MSS) | Speech by Hungarian Prime Minister (Gyorgy Lázár) |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Press |
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Major | Archive (Ingham MSS) | Press Office: No.10 press notice (Ministerial Appointments) [Pym as Foreign Secretary, Biffen as Lord President, taskforce sets sail] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Press |
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Major | Archive (Ingham MSS) | Press Office: No.10 note of BBC Today ("Today summary April 5") [main news items; "Mrs Thatcher not looking for any resignations at present"] [released 2013] |
| 07 Feb 21 We | Press |
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Minor | Archive (Sir George Young) | MT: “Margaret Thatcher statue unveiled” (Sir George Young’s blog entry) |
| 06 Mar 16 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | IEA Seminar (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) [Andrew Alexander, Terry Burns, David Laws, Stephen Nickell, Michael Oliver & Geoffrey Wood] |
| 82 Mar 11 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Conservative Party: "Carlton Club celebrates with Thatcher as star" (MT unveils a portrait of herself at the Carlton Club) [released 2013] |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Brighton Bomb: “To Kill the Cabinet” (“The story behind the Grand Hotel bombing”) [Brighton Evening Argus 40 page supplement] |
| 80 Jul 15 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Defence Open Government Document 80/23 ("The Future UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Force") [acquiring Trident] |
| 85 Dec 27 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Westland: Press Association tape (developments) [new European move; bribery claim by Teddy Taylor] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 15 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands/Belgrano: BBC Radio Interview with Sir Ewen Broadbent (Ponting prosecution) [exact course of events at MOD] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 26 Th | Press |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Westland: Press Association tape (Heseltine cancels holiday) [needed at home] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Aug 14 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Press tape story (Galvin incident) [Prior takes responsibility for mistakes] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Local Government: Press agency report (“Liverpool Strike Cancelled”) [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Jul 20 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Education: Department of Education & Science press release ("Education Secretary comments on HMI report") [quotes & copy of report] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 87 Nov 17 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Department of the Environment News Release ("Domestic Rates to be abolished in most areas of England in 1990") [Ridley written answer to Jeff Rooker] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 15 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Department of the Environment press release ("Most households to pay less with the Community Charge") [60 percent will pay less than under rates, Gummer tells Commons] |
| 86 Oct 30 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Monetary Policy: Philips and Drew Economic Unit press release ("Sterling Threat to Chancellor's Tax Hopes") [can Lawson get away with a pre-election tax-cutting Budget] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 86 Nov 13 Th | Press |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Monetary Policy: Morgan Stanley press release ("An Opportunity in Gilts") [UK bond market looks attractive] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Oct 19 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018] |
| 89 Oct 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Lawson, Howe in Commons; Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018] |
| 89 Oct 21 Sa | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018] |
| 89 Oct 22 Su | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Sunday press on Lawson and Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018] |
| 88 Nov 1 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Public spending: Treasury press release ("Autumn Statement: Public Expenditure Plans") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Nov 1 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Public spending: Treasury press release ("Economic Prospects for 1989") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 86 Apr 9 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Conservative Party political broadcast [what would Britain be like under Labour or the Alliance] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 86 Sep 3 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Social Democratic Party political broadcast [pensions, arts funding] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 87 Apr 30 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [unemployment, crime, health] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 87 May 20 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [unemployment, pensions, crime, health] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 87 May 28 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [education, teachers] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 87 Apr 29 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [education, health, pensions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 87 May 28 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [health service] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 88 May 5 Th | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [health service] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [Labour agenda for national recovery] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [nuclear missiles] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 87 Jul 29 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Liberal Party political broadcast [by-election victories] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 14 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Liberal Democrats political broadcast [unemployment] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Nov 16 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: IBA press release ("Merger between BSB and Sky") [breach of BSB's programme contract] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 88 Dec 13 Tu | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Home Office press release ("Independent Television Levy") [proposed increase] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 14 Dec 5 Fr | Press |
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Major | Bastien (Frédéric) | Canada: Frédéric Bastien “Thatcher’s Green Light” (extract from The Battle of London ) [study of the patriation of Canadian constitution] [published 2014] |
| 16 Nov 3 Th | Press |
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Major | Bermant (Azriel) | Middle East: Azriel Bermant "Thatcher's Diplomatic Initiative" (chapter 7 of Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East ) [1983-85] |
| 08 May 1 Th | Press |
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Major | Cartledge (Sir Bryan) | Cold War: Interview with Sir Bryan Cartledge (Private Secretary to PM, 1977-79; UK Ambassador to Hungary, 1980-83; to Moscow, 1985-88) |
| 98 Oct 1 Th | Press |
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Minor | Collins (Christopher) | Editorial policy of site: Preface to Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher, 1945-90 on CD-ROM (Oxford University Press, 1998) |
| 14 Sep 15 Mo | Press |
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Major | Collins (Christopher) | Budget: “The Origins of the Budget in 1980” (pre-history of the 1981 budget in events of Jul-Dec 1980) |
| 78 Jul 11 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary ( The Times ) | EMS: “Treasury points out faults in ‘hurried’ currency proposals” (“sceptical to the point of contempt”) |
| 83 Jul 15 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary ( The Times ) | Economic policy: "BMA accuses Lawson of 'fiddling the books'" [accused of making arbitrary calculation of overspend and consequent cut] |
| 81 Oct 21 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary ( The Times ) | Economy: “Cabinet fails to agree cuts in public spending” [majority resist £5,000 cuts] |
| 82 Mar 3 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Guardian) | Falklands: "Threat of Action on Falkland Islands" (Buenos Aires statement following New York talks) |
| 82 May 14 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Crisis puts Cabinet unity under strain” [MT “seen by her admirers and her opponents, both inside and outside the Conservative Party, as being at odds with the majority of her Cabinet”] |
| 82 Oct 11 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “'H' always led from the front" ("Pride of VC's Widow”) [award of two Falklands VCs announced] |
| 82 Oct 8 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Two Falkland VCs to be awarded" (awards to Colonel H. Jones and a Royal Marine NCO) [to be announced Monday] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Press |
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Key | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “We Are All Falklanders Now” [leading article urging Carrington's resignation] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Sir Ronald Bell, QC, MP” [memorial service] |
| 06 Aug 29 Tu | Press |
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Trivial | Commentary (BBC) | MT: "Maggie rated best Prime Minister of 20th Century" (by BBC History Magazine ) |
| 07 Mar 19 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence) | Cold War: CIA intelligence monograph (“A Cold War Conundrum: The 1983 Soviet War Scare”) [origins and scope of Operation RYAN] |
| 79 May 4 Fr | Press |
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Key | Commentary (Ronnie Millar memoirs) | General Election: “A View From The Wings” (how MT was persuaded to use St Francis’s prayer on the steps of Downing Street) |
| 04 Nov 6 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (ABC News & MSNBC) | Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (ABC & MSNBC coverage of MT's role at funeral) |
| 90 Aug 3 Fr | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (Boulder Daily Camera) | US: "Durgin recalls Margaret Thatcher's visit to Boulder" [2012 account of a 90 minute stop at National Center for Atmospheric Research] |
| 84 Nov 1 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Conservative Newsline) | Brighton bomb: “We Will Never Bow To Terrorism” (MT “demonstrated once again her tremendous qualities of leadership”) |
| 08 Apr 15 Tu | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (Daily Mail) | Hailsham diary: "Night the PM was nearly kidnapped by Scottish students" (Alec Douglas-Home talked them out of it) |
| 85 Dec 31 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Mail) | Westland: “Heseltine is ready to quit” |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Mail) | Westland: “Defiant Heseltine puts job at risk” (“collision course” with MT) |
| 85 Dec 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Mail) | Westland: “Premier orders Heseltine to shut up” (“Cabinet backs Westland rescue by US firm”) |
| 05 Oct 12 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | MT at 80: “The mellowing of Margaret Thatcher” (Charles Moore profile) |
| 06 Mar 15 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | Economy: "How 364 economists got it totally wrong" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) |
| 08 Apr 14 Mo | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | Hailsham diary: "How Alec Douglas-Home foiled student kidnappers with beer" (1964 security breach) |
| 88 Sep 21 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | Europe: “Thatcher signals fight to stop EEC superstate” (Bruges speech) |
| 88 Sep 21 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | Europe/Bruges speech: “Riding roughshod over Continental hypocrisy” (Bruce Anderson on Bruges speech) |
| 88 Sep 22 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | Europe/Bruges speech: “Untimely offensive” (leading article on Bruges speech) |
| 88 Sep 22 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | Europe/Bruges speech: “Furore ignored as 'roughing-up' of EEC goes on” (Comparison with de Gaulle not an insult, says Thatcher) |
| 84 Oct 13 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Financial Times) | Brighton Bomb: (“IRA bomb kills 3 at Brighton”) [“A sombre closing of Tory ranks”] |
| 84 Feb 21 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Financial Times) | MT: “Tories increasingly critical of Thatcher’s inner circle” (“backbench unease over ‘remoteness’ of Downing Street”) |
| 84 Jan 19 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Financial Times) | City: “Gower urges sweeping new powers to supervise City” [publication of report] |
| 85 Sep 3 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Financial Times) | Reshuffle: “Brittan, a minister with mind of his own” (profile) |
| 14 Mar 12 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Le Monde) | Coal: "The strike which changed the United Kingdom" (30 year assessment of 1984-85 strike) |
| 84 Nov 4 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: "Scargill in 'six-hour talk with Libyans" discussion of Libyan government donation to NUM |
| 84 Aug 26 Su | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: "Scargill hit by an egg at demo" |
| 84 Apr 22 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: “Scargill is blasted by coal chief” [Macgregor accuses Scargill of waging “private war”] |
| 84 Jul 1 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: “Exclusive: Arthur Scargill puts his case” [“If the miners lose, you will all suffer”] |
| 84 Aug 2 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: “Scargill talks with Kinnock” [Scargill meets Kinnock at Commons] |
| 84 Nov 4 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: “Scargill in “six hour talk with Libyans”” [claim Scargill met Gaddafi official] |
| 85 Feb 17 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (News of the World) | Coal: “Scargill: the sooner it's ended the better” [NCB refusing to negotiate with NUM] |
| 07 Feb 8 Th | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (RAF News) | Cold War: “Freezing temperatures as Cold War Exhibition opens” [MT at RAF Cosford] |
| 93 Oct 3 Su | Press |
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Key | Commentary (Scotland on Sunday) | Leadership elections: “Thatcher: The Inside Story” (George Younger’s recollections of 1989-90) |
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