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| Date | Category | Type |
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Author/Source | Title |
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| 81 Mar 26 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | SDP formed (Alliance formed 16 June) |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 79 Jun 12 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reshuffle: Soames, Gilmour, Carlisle dropped; Prior moved to Northern Ireland; Tebbit joined Cabinet to replace him at Employment; Lawson joined Cabinet (Energy); Parkinson became Party Chairman |
| 79 Jan 10 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Callaghan's return from Guadelope Summit: "Crisis, What Crisis?" ( Sun ) |
| 75 Apr 9 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second) |
| 87 Feb 22 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | "Louvre Accord" to halt decline in the dollar; Lawson began shadowing Deutschmark |
| 86 May 18 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 86 Jan 27 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Westland: emergency debate, ending the crisis |
| 86 Jan 24 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Westland: Brittan resigned; Channon replaced him at DTI |
| 86 Jan 9 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Westland: Heseltine resigned; Younger replaced him at Defence; Rifkind joined the Cabinet as Scottish Secretary |
| 86 Jan 6 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Westland: leak of Solicitor-General’s letter to Heseltine |
| 85 Nov 15 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Anglo-Irish Agreement signed at Hillsborough |
| 87 Mar 17 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 87 Mar 28 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT visited USSR (ended 1 Apr) |
| 87 May 11 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election called for 11 June |
| 89 Mar 14 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 89 Jan 11 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | NHS White Paper published ( Working for Patients ) |
| 88 Mar 15 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 88 Mar 7 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Sterling `uncapped’ on MT’s insistence; rose above 3DM |
| 88 Feb 8 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan from May |
| 87 Oct 19 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | "Black Monday": Dow Jones fell 23 per cent |
| 87 Jun 13 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reshuffle: five ministers left cabinet |
| 83 Mar 15 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 83 Mar 23 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reagan announced Star Wars programme (SDI) |
| 83 May 9 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election announced for 9 Jun |
| 83 Jan 6 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reshuffle: Heseltine replaced Nott at Defence |
| 82 May 21 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: British Forces landed at San Carlos Bay |
| 82 May 4 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: HMS Sheffield hit by Argentine missile |
| 82 May 2 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: General Belgrano sunk by HMS Conqueror |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: US `tilt’ in favour of Britain; Total Exclusion Zone put in force |
| 82 Apr 25 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: South Georgia recaptured |
| 83 Jun 11 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | New Government formed |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Cecil Parkinson resigned over Keays affair |
| 85 Mar 19 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 85 Mar 3 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | NUM voted to end coal strike |
| 84 Dec 19 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Hong Kong: MT signed Joint Agreement with China |
| 84 Dec 16 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Gorbachev visited Chequers |
| 84 Nov 20 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Flotation of British Telecom |
| 84 Nov 6 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reagan reelected US President |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Brighton bomb |
| 84 Mar 13 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 80 Sep 22 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Iran-Iraq war began |
| 80 Jun 2 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Cabinet agreed European budget proposal |
| 80 Mar 25 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 90 Mar 20 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 90 Mar 11 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Lithuania declared independence of USSR |
| 90 Feb 10 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Kohl in Moscow: Gorbachev agreed German reunification |
| 89 Dec 22 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Romania: Ceausescu overthrown (killed 25 Dec) |
| 89 Dec 10 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Czechoslovakia: end of Communist rule (Havel President 29 Dec) |
| 89 Dec 5 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT won Conservative leadership election; 314:33 (27 abstained) |
| 89 Nov 9 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | East Germany announced opening of its border with West Germany; demolition of Berlin Wall began 10 Nov |
| 89 Jun 20 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT met Howe and Lawson to discuss ERM line at Madrid Council (met again 25 Jun) |
| 90 Apr 1 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Strangeways prison siege (ended 25 Apr); disturbances in other gaols |
| 90 Nov 27 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Conservative leadership election second ballot; Major became leader |
| 90 Nov 22 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT announced decision not to contest second ballot |
| 90 Nov 20 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Conservative leadership election first ballot (MT 204:152 Heseltine) |
| 90 Nov 14 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Heseltine stood for Conservative leadership |
| 90 Nov 13 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | HC: Howe’s resignation speech |
| 90 Nov 1 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Howe resigned |
| 86 Nov 15 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Anglo-US Summit at Camp David: arms control statement agreed |
| 86 Oct 11 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (ended 12 Oct) |
| 86 Apr 15 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | US air raids on Libya, mainly flown from British bases |
| 89 Oct 26 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Lawson resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer; Major succeeded him; Hurd became Foreign Secretary; Waddington succeeded Hurd as Home Secretary; Renton became Chief Whip |
| 83 Oct 22 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Grenada: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States requested US intervene (following coup 19 Oct) |
| 90 Aug 9 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | UK announced commitment of forces to the Gulf |
| 89 Jun 3 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | China: Tiananmen Square massacre |
| 91 Feb 24 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Ground war began in Kuwait |
| 91 Feb 27 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Kuwait liberated; ceasefire |
| 91 Jan 16 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Air campaign launched against Iraq ("Desert Storm") |
| 84 Mar 12 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Coal strike began |
| 88 May 17 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 8 to 7.5 per cent (lowest 1979-90); MT formula of support for Lawson at PQs |
| 90 Oct 8 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced by one per cent, from 15 to 14 per cent |
| 87 Oct 23 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 9.5 per cent, following Black Monday |
| 81 Mar 11 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced 2 per cent, from 14 to 12 per cent |
| 80 Nov 25 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced 2 per cent, from 16 to 14 per cent |
| 80 Jul 3 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 17 to 16 per cent |
| 79 Nov 15 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates increased 3 per cent, from 14 to 17 per cent (all time high); gilt strike |
| 79 Jun 13 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 12 to 14 per cent |
| 79 Apr 5 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 13 to 12 per cent |
| 79 Mar 1 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 14 to 13 per cent |
| 85 Sep 2 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reshuffle: Hurd replace Brittan at Home Office; Tebbit new Party Chairman; Jenkin replaced as Environment Secretary by Baker |
| 89 Jul 24 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reshuffle: Major replaced Howe at Foreign Office; Howe new Deputy PM; Ridley went to DTI, Patten replacing him at Environment |
| 90 Mar 31 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Trafalgar Square riot |
| 87 Jun 11 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election |
| 87 Nov 17 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Community Charge: "dual running" with rates abandoned |
| 79 Nov 29 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Dublin European Council (ended 30 Nov); budget row |
| 84 Jun 25 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Fontainebleau European Council (ended 26 Jun); budget settlement |
| 85 Dec 2 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Luxembourg European Council; Single European Act agreed (ended 3 Dec) |
| 89 Jun 26 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Madrid European Council (ended 27 Jun): MT set "Madrid conditions" for ERM entry; rejected Social Charter |
| 90 Oct 27 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Rome European Council (ended 28 Oct) |
| 79 May 3 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Conservative victory (43 majority) |
| 79 May 4 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT appointed Prime Minister |
| 79 Jun 7 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | European Elections |
| 80 Nov 4 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reagan elected US President |
| 81 Mar 1 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: second Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct with ten deaths) |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: Argentina invaded the islands |
| 82 Jun 14 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: Argentine surrender |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Falklands: FCO Ministers resigned, Pym new Foreign Secretary; Task Force sailed |
| 83 Jun 9 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | 1983 General Election: Conservative majority 144 |
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