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| Date | Category | Type | Value |
Author/Source |
Title |
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| 65 Oct 18 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT moved to shadow Housing and Land |
| 53 Dec 1 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | MT took her bar finals |
| 65 Nov 11 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Rhodesia declared UDI |
| 70 Jan 30 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb |
| 63 Nov 22 Fr | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Kennedy assassinated |
| 69 Oct 21 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT appointed shadow education spokesman |
| 70 Jun 18 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31) |
| 67 Nov 27 Mo | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | De Gaulle vetoed British application to EC |
| 67 Jul 27 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Britain to withdraw forces East of Suez |
| 67 Apr 11 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Budget |
| 66 Nov 10 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Labour Government announced EC entry application; Conservative support |
| 66 Jul 20 We | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Labour spending cuts and wages freeze |
| 66 May 3 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Budget (introduced Selective Employment Tax) |
| 56 Feb 28 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | MT asked that her name be returned to Conservative candidates’ list |
| 67 Nov 29 We | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Reshuffle: Callaghan became Home Secretary, Jenkins Chancellor |
| 60 Feb 3 We | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Macmillan speaking in South Africa: "a wind of change is blowing through the continent" |
| 63 Feb 14 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Harold Wilson elected Labour leader following death of Gaitskell (18 Jan) |
| 65 Jan 24 Su | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Churchill died |
| 56 Jul 26 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal |
| 55 Apr 5 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded |
| 51 Dec 13 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher |
| 51 Oct 25 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority) |
| 55 May 26 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority) |
| 50 Feb 23 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority) |
| 49 Jan 31 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Margaret Roberts selected Conservative candidate for Dartford |
| 45 Aug 16 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | VJ Day |
| 45 Aug 6 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb |
| 45 Jul 5 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority) |
| 56 Oct 30 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary |
| 56 Oct 31 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov |
| 57 Jan 9 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan) |
| 64 Oct 15 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions |
| 63 Oct 10 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct) |
| 63 Jun 4 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Profumo resigned |
| 63 Jan 14 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC |
| 62 Jul 13 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | "Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked |
| 45 May 8 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | VE Day |
| 59 Oct 8 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority) |
| 58 Jul 31 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT adopted candidate for Finchley |
| 58 Jan 6 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers |
| 57 Mar 25 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Treaty of Rome |
| 65 Jul 25 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul) |
| 73 May 21 Mo | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Sex scandals hit government (Lambton resigned; Jellicoe followed (24 May)) |
| 73 Apr 1 Su | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Phase II of pay policy began |
| 73 Mar 6 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Budget: introduced VAT, at 10 per cent |
| 72 Dec 7 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Sutton and Cheam by-election: Liberal gain from Conservatives |
| 73 Feb 28 We | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Labour-TUC document launched the Social Contract |
| 73 Oct 6 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Arab-Israeli War (ended 24 Oct); oil price increased 70 per cent |
| 73 Jan 1 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Britain acceded to the European Community |
| 72 Dec 6 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT's White Paper published: Education: A Framework for Expansion |
| 72 Nov 6 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Statutory control of pay, prices, dividends and rents (Phase I) |
| 72 Jun 23 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Sterling floated: left European `snake’ and unpegged from dollar |
| 72 Mar 24 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began |
| 72 Feb 10 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Saltley Coke depot closed by pickets |
| 70 Jun 19 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science) |
| 70 Jun 30 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive |
| 72 Jan 9 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Miners’ strike began |
| 72 Jan 20 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Unemployment passed 1m |
| 72 Jan 30 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | "Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry |
| 72 Mar 22 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Industry White Paper, basis of 1972 Industry Act |
| 72 Mar 21 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Budget: full scale reflation |
| 72 Feb 19 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Heath conceded miners’ demands |
| 73 Oct 8 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Phase III announced: 2.25 or 7 per cent; inflation linked `threshold’ payments |
| 73 Nov 12 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | NUM overtime ban began; State of Emergency following day |
| 73 Dec 9 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Sunningdale Agreement |
| 74 Feb 10 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Miners’ strike began (ended 11 Mar) |
| 74 Jun 22 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Keith Joseph’s Upminster speech |
| 74 May 15 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May) |
| 74 Mar 2 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Heath offered Liberals seats in coalition; rejected by them |
| 74 Feb 28 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: no overall majority for any party |
| 74 Feb 7 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election called for 28 Feb |
| 73 Dec 13 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Three day week announced |
| 68 Feb 22 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Callaghan announced immediate legislation checking Kenyan Asian immigration |
| 68 Jan 16 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Expenditure cuts (£716m) |
| 68 Mar 15 Fr | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Sterling under pressure: London Foreign Exchange Market closed; Brown resigned |
| 68 Mar 17 Su | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Grosvenor Square riot against Vietnam War |
| 68 Mar 19 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Budget: 923m increase in indirect taxation |
| 68 Apr 4 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Assassination of Martin Luther King |
| 68 May 3 Fr | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | France: student clashes with police began `events’ of May 1968 |
| 68 Oct 5 Sa | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration |
| 69 Jan 17 Fr | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | In Place of Strife published |
| 69 Jun 18 We | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Wilson withdrew In Place of Strife after TUC rejected it |
| 61 Oct 9 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance) |
| 70 Feb 10 Tu | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | MT’s father died |
| 66 Apr 19 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod |
| 67 Jun 5 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun) |
| 67 Oct 10 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power |
| 68 Apr 20 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Enoch Powell’s "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr) |
| 68 Aug 20 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
| 68 Nov 14 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT reshuffled to shadow Transport |
| 69 Aug 14 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast |
| 66 Mar 31 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority) |
| 75 Jul 1 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Labour Government proposed pay policy; White Paper (11 Jly) |
| 75 Sep 13 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT visited USA and Canada (returned 26 Spt) |
| 79 Mar 29 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | General Election announced for 3 May |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Airey Neave murdered by INLA |
| 76 Oct 4 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | The Right Approach published |
| 76 Sep 28 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Sterling crisis resumed: Healey turned back from Heathrow |
| 76 Apr 5 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Callaghan elected Labour leader; became Prime Minister |
| 79 Jan 3 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Lorry drivers’ strike began; "Winter of Discontent" peaking |
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