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Showing items 701 - 800 of 828. Document type: Press.
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85 Mar 2 Sa | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Fight will go if strike ends, Scargill says” [Scargill pledges strike will go on] |
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85 Mar 1 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Coal: “Scargill’s union link with East gets closer” [Scargill seeks international miner organisation] |
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85 Mar 31 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Coal: “Why Scargill vetoed ballot” [Scargill admits national ballot would have been lost] |
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85 Mar 29 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Pit victory claimed by Scargill” [strike had politicised thousands of young men and women] |
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85 Mar 6 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sun) | Coal: “Arthur the grand old duke of York” [Scargill marches up hill with men returning to work] |
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85 Mar 10 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Coal: “Scargill still miners' choice ” [poll shows Scargill would win re-election] |
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85 Mar 5 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Scargill may face re-election” [legal process started to force Scargill to face re-election] |
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84 Sep 22 Sa | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Coal: “Bishop of Durham says MacGregor should be replaced” [criticises MacGregor] |
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84 Aug 14 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Press tape story (Galvin incident) [Prior takes responsibility for mistakes] |
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85 Sep 24 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Local Government: Press agency report (“Liverpool Strike Cancelled”) [declassified 2014] |
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85 Sep 18 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: “Fund raiser returns to Tory HQ” [McAlpine feud wtih Gummer] |
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01 Feb 26 Mo | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Gulf War: "We should have finished job, says Thatcher" (tenth anniversary of liberating Kuwait) [MT & John Major speak at British Embassy in Kuwait City] |
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86 May 28 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Cold War: “US scraps subs for Salt treaty” [Reagan “warned Moscow he will no longer abide by the limit of the Salt 2 treaty if the Russians continue to violate it”] |
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89 Jun 5 Mo | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | China: "Thatcher tells of Britain's shock over the bloodbath" (statements by party leaders) ["Thousand feared dead as tanks crush heroic resistance"] |
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16 Nov 3 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Bermant (Azriel) | Middle East: Azriel Bermant "Thatcher's Diplomatic Initiative" (chapter 7 of Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East ) [1983-85] |
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81 Oct 21 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary ( The Times ) | Economy: “Cabinet fails to agree cuts in public spending” [majority resist £5,000 cuts] |
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82 May 14 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | 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”] |
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84 Nov 1 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (Conservative Newsline) | Brighton bomb: “We Will Never Bow To Terrorism” (MT “demonstrated once again her tremendous qualities of leadership”) |
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81 Oct 20 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Elections: “Distant encounters of the Heath kind” (Heath campaigining for Conseravtives in Croydon by-election) |
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81 Oct 20 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: “A Hard winter” (Cabinet divisions over public spending plans) |
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81 Oct 20 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Economy: “Rumblings of revolt among Tory dissidents” (meetings of wets to discucss how to put pressure on MT) |
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81 Nov 19 Th | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (The Times) | MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment] |
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87 Nov 28 Sa | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | MT: “No slowing Mrs Thatcher” [feels faint at Buckingham Palace] |
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92 Mar 17 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | "The lady sails proudly away" [MT's final appearance in the House of Commons; tidying the despatch box] |
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88 Sep 25 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Europe/Bruges speech: “Non! to the 'nightmare'” (news in focus) |
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88 Sep 22 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (Daily Telegraph) | Europe/Bruges speech: “Furore ignored as 'roughing-up' of EEC goes on” (Comparison with de Gaulle not an insult, says Thatcher) |
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88 Sep 21 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Europe/Bruges speech: “Thatcher hits at 'Identikit' European union” (Delors' dream of a superstate scorned) |
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88 Sep 22 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Europe/Bruges speech: “Europe fears battle ahead with Thatcher” ('Nightmare' of central control under attack) |
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83 Jul 20 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Education: Department of Education & Science press release ("Education Secretary comments on HMI report") [quotes & copy of report] [declassified Aug 2013] |
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87 Nov 17 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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88 Dec 15 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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86 Oct 30 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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86 Nov 13 Th | Press | ★★☆☆ | Archive (TNA) | Monetary Policy: Morgan Stanley press release ("An Opportunity in Gilts") [UK bond market looks attractive] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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89 Oct 19 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018] |
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89 Oct 20 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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89 Oct 21 Sa | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018] |
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89 Oct 22 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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82 Mar 3 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (Guardian) | Falklands: "Threat of Action on Falkland Islands" (Buenos Aires statement following New York talks) |
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88 Nov 1 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Public spending: Treasury press release ("Autumn Statement: Public Expenditure Plans") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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88 Nov 1 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Public spending: Treasury press release ("Economic Prospects for 1989") [outturn tables] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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86 Apr 9 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Conservative Party political broadcast [what would Britain be like under Labour or the Alliance] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Sep 3 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Social Democratic Party political broadcast [pensions, arts funding] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 Apr 30 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [unemployment, crime, health] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 May 20 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [unemployment, pensions, crime, health] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 May 28 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: SDP Liberal Alliance political broadcast [education, teachers] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 Apr 29 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [education, health, pensions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 May 28 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [health service] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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88 May 5 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [health service] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Oct 14 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [Labour agenda for national recovery] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 3 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Labour Party political broadcast [nuclear missiles] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 Jul 29 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Liberal Party political broadcast [by-election victories] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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88 Dec 14 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Liberal Democrats political broadcast [unemployment] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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82 Jul 7 We | Press | ★☆☆☆ | 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] |
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90 Nov 16 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: IBA press release ("Merger between BSB and Sky") [breach of BSB's programme contract] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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88 Dec 13 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Home Office press release ("Independent Television Levy") [proposed increase] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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82 Apr 5 Mo | Press | ★★★★ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “We Are All Falklanders Now” [leading article urging Carrington's resignation] |
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82 Oct 11 Mo | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “'H' always led from the front" ("Pride of VC's Widow”) [award of two Falklands VCs announced] |
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82 Oct 8 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Two Falkland VCs to be awarded" (awards to Colonel H. Jones and a Royal Marine NCO) [to be announced Monday] |
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82 Apr 5 Mo | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (Ingham MSS) | Press Office: No.10 press notice (Ministerial Appointments) [Pym as Foreign Secretary, Biffen as Lord President, taskforce sets sail] [released 2013] |
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82 Apr 5 Mo | Press | ★★★☆ | 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] |
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90 Jun 18 Mo | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Broadcasting: Home Office press release ("Mellor Announces Changes to Broadcasting Bill on Moratorium on Takeovers and on Networking") [ITC power to impose a moratorium on takovers of C3 and c5 licensees] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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81 Aug 25 Tu | Press | ★★☆☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: International Representation for the Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union news release ("Five Years in Labor Camp for Preaching the Gospel") [trial of Minyakov] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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81 May 13 We | Press | ★★☆☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: International Representation for the Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union news release ("KGB Rushes Trial of Baptist Pastor Dmitri Minyakov") [illegal investigation, further arrests] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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80 Nov 1 Sa | Press | ★★☆☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Ukraine Research Group press release ("Madrid: Con or Conference?") [human rights violations in Ukraine, economic situation] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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80 Aug 29 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO statement ("Human Rights Trials in the Soviet Union") [need for a searching examination of Soviet implementation of Helsinki Final Act at CSCE Madrid meeting; MT annotates - 'Excellent'] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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82 Mar 2 Tu | Press | ★★☆☆ | Archive (TNA) | France: Conservative Party International Office press release ("Visit of Monsieur Chirac on 3rd March 1982") [programme, attendees] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Apr 23 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Peter Barry press statement (murder of RUC member) [condemns PIRA attack] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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89 Jul 28 Fr | Press | ★★☆☆ | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office press release ("The Day of Peace Must Surely Come") [publication of book on developments in Northern Ireland] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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82 Jun 13 Su | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (News of the World) | "Well done, lads" [Cecil Parkinson speech] |
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82 Jul 4 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (News of the World) | "Shake up on welfare" [Howe speech foreshadows manifesto] |
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82 Mar 21 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Whitelaw faces sack over crime” [difficult week ahead; MPs believe he will eventually be fired due to row over rising crime rates in Britain] |
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82 Jul 11 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | “Pym defends UK right to Falklands” [response to Sunday Times article on FCO doubts as to British historic claim] |
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82 May 16 Su | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | “Mugabe dilemma comes to No.10” [Carrington to attend lunch] |
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82 May 23 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | “Pym's snap election alert” [Pym speech after war cabinet on main themes of re-election campaign] |
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82 May 2 Su | Press | ★☆☆☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | “The too-late look-alike” [look-alike of Lord Carrington] |
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82 Mar 21 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | “Whitelaw rides out the storm to clinch victory for the doves” [pressure on 'Mr Wetlaw'] |
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82 Apr 4 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Falklands: “Carrington: They must stay British” [Carrington statement in Lords Saturday session] |
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82 Mar 28 Su | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | “Wily Willie” [critics won over] |
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82 Mar 24 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Victorious Whitelaw gains his reward” [PM's endorsement of Whitelaw record in face of party criticism] |
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82 Mar 19 Fr | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “New powers envisaged for police” [Whitelaw in Commons] |
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82 Apr 6 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “From youthful talent to pillar of government” [career profile of Lord Carrington] |
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82 Apr 6 Tu | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Carrington a man of honour” [tributes in House of Lords] |
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82 Mar 23 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Whitelaw silences his Tory critics” [fighting defence of his record at Conservative backbench committee] |
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82 Mar 30 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Carrington visit seen as rebuff to PLO” [Israeli Foreign Ministry denying it ever thought he would cancel visit] |
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82 Mar 26 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Carrington reflects on influence” [Chatham House speech on Britain's outsized role] |
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82 Mar 27 Sa | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “'Work with police' call by Whitelaw” [speech to Conservative Central Council in Harrogate] |
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82 Mar 24 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “'The ministry of short, sharp shocks” [profile of Willie Whitelaw & the Home Office] |
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82 Apr 6 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Nott offer to quit rejected by Mrs Thatcher” ["firmly refused"] |
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82 Apr 23 Fr | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Pym thanks the world for support” [speech to Diplomatic Corps City banquet] |
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82 Apr 6 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Lord Carrington tells why he resigned” ["because there had been a great national humiliation over the Falkland Islands" - interviewed on BBC Panorama] |
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82 Apr 6 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Lord Carrington” [Carrington resignation letter & MT reply] |
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82 May 13 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Tories uneasy over Pym's attitude” [even admirers worry he will concede too much "go the second mile to reach a negotiated settlement"] |
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82 Apr 6 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Pym wins the job he most wanted” ["the job he had set his heart on at the outset of this government"] |
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82 Apr 6 Tu | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Leading article: “Lord Carrington's honour” ["sadly rare in politics today"] |
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82 May 20 Th | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Whitelaw outlines new stop and search powers” [speech to Police Federation in Scarborough] |
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82 Apr 7 We | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Pym puts off his Mideast trips” [trips to Syria and Jordan next week postponed in light of Falklands] |
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82 May 24 Mo | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | Francis Pym, Foreign Secretary: “From cavalry officer to crisis commander: the quiet pragmatist the Falklands could take to the top” [profile by Julian Critchley] |
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82 Jul 6 Tu | Press | ★★☆☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Pym begins economic discussions in Belgrade” [Yugoslav debt crisis] |
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82 Jun 19 Sa | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Pym hoping to repair relations” [looks forward to better relations between Britain and Latin America] |
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82 Jun 18 Fr | Press | ★★★☆ | Commentary (The Times) | “Mr Nott and submarine” [letter from Lord Carrington denying claim that he prevented despatch of an SSN to South Atlantic as "too provocative"] |
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