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87 Dec 7 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] MT briefly met Gorbachev at Brize Norton
88 Feb 18 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Next Steps published: reform of civil service
88 Mar 2 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] NATO summit in Brussels
88 Jun 18 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Toronto G7 (ended 22 Jun)
88 Jun 10 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in Paris
88 Mar 19 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Army corporals murdered at Republican funeral in Belfast
84 Oct 31 We Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Mrs Gandhi assassinated; MT attended funeral (3-4 Nov)
84 Oct 9 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Ponting trial began
84 Jul 16 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] High Court ruled GCHQ union ban unlawful
83 Jun 16 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Abolition of CPRS announced
82 Jul 26 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Falklands Thanksgiving Service at St Paul’s
89 Dec 4 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] NATO summit in Brussels
89 Dec 19 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Panama: US intervention to remove Norriega
90 Jan 3 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: Fowler resigned; Howard joined Cabinet as Employment Secretary
89 Nov 28 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] MT to be challenged for party leadership (Sir A. Meyer announced)
89 Nov 24 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-US summit at Camp David
89 Nov 17 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Czechoslovakia: beginning of demonstrations against the regime
89 Oct 28 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Howe speech warned MT not to depart from Madrid compromise
89 Oct 19 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] EMS quarrel publicly revived by Walters article in US
89 Dec 2 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] MT met Lech Walesa for talks at Chequers
90 Jan 20 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in Paris
90 Feb 23 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Italian summit in London
90 Jun 7 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] MT visited USSR (returned 10 Jun)
90 May 4 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: David Hunt joined Cabinet in place of Peter Walker
90 May 4 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit at Waddesdon Manor
90 May 4 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Latvia declared independence of USSR (Estonia followed 8 May)
90 Apr 13 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-US summit in Bermuda
90 Apr 10 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Customs seized components of Iraqi `supergun’
90 Mar 30 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-German summit in London
90 Mar 22 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Mid-Staffs by-election: Labour gain from Conservative
89 Apr 30 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-German summit in Deidesheim
89 Apr 7 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] HL: Mackay proposals strongly opposed
89 Apr 5 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Gorbachev visit to Britain (ended 7 Apr)
89 Mar 7 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Iran broke off diplomatic relations with UK over Rushdie
89 Feb 27 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in Paris
89 Feb 23 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Richmond by-election: Conservative hold, but worst vote fall since 1979
89 Feb 20 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-German summit in Frankfurt (ended 21 Feb)
89 May 29 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] NATO summit in Brussels (ended 30 May): SNF compromise agreed
89 Apr 20 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] West German government wavering on nuclear modernization
89 Oct 19 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Court of Appeal released Guildford Four
89 Oct 2 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Labour Conference dropped unilateralism
89 Oct 2 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] East Germany: Leipzig demonstrations began
89 Jun 1 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-US summit in London
89 Feb 15 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Soviets completed withdrawal from Afghanistan
85 Dec 13 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Westland: company board decided in favour of Sikorksky offer
89 Oct 26 Th Chronology Info Only 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 Info Only Key [Chronology] Grenada: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States requested US intervene (following coup 19 Oct)
90 Jul 23 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Reshuffle of junior ministers
90 May 3 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Local elections
89 Nov 21 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] HC televised
85 Dec 6 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] UK signed SDI participation agreement
85 May 29 We Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Heysel Stadium disaster
86 Sep 11 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited Norway (returned 12 Spt)
86 Jul 11 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited Canada (returned 13 Jly)
86 May 2 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited Korea (4 May flew to Japan)
85 Oct 1 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Riots in Toxteth and Peckham
85 Sep 28 Sa Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Brixton riot
85 Sep 17 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited Egypt and Jordan (returned 20 Spt)
85 Sep 13 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] 24 Soviet diplomats expelled from UK (retaliation 14 Nov)
85 Jul 30 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] BBC Governors withdrew Real Lives for editing
85 Jul 25 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited US for International Democrat Union Conference (returned 27 Jly)
85 Jun 3 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Fowler Social Security Review: Green Papers published
86 Oct 24 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Syria: Britain broke off diplomatic relations; Hindawi jailed
86 Nov 17 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Australia: HMG sought injunction to prevent sale of Spycatcher
88 Jan 25 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] HC: Mayhew announced no prosecutions from Stalker-Sampson inquiry
88 Jan 3 Su Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT became longest serving British PM of twentieth century
87 Nov 18 We Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] King’s Cross Underground fire
87 Oct 28 We Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] BP share sale price guaranteed by government
87 Oct 16 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] "The Great Storm": hurricane in southern England
87 Jul 29 We Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in Paris; Channel Tunnel Treaty ratified in Paris
87 May 7 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Local elections: Conservative gains
87 Mar 6 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Herald of Free Enterprise sank off Zeebrugge; 187 killed
87 Jan 20 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Birmingham Six case referred back to Court of Appeal (appeal rejected 28 Jan 1988)
87 Jan 20 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Lebanon: Terry Waite kidnapped
87 Jan 8 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] AIDS education campaign launched
90 Nov 2 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Reshuffle following Howe resignation
90 Oct 20 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Italian summit at Chequers
90 Oct 18 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Eastbourne by-election: Liberal Democrat gain from Conservatives
90 Sep 17 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] MT visited Czechoslovakia and Hungary (until 19 Spt)
90 Jul 16 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Kohl-Gorbachev talks: Gorbachev agreed united Germany in NATO
90 Nov 8 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Bradford and Bootle by-elections: poor results for Conservatives
90 Nov 18 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] MT departed for Paris; CSCE Conference (19-21 Nov)
79 Jun 30 Sa Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT arrived in Australia (returned 1 Jul via Singapore)
80 Sep 24 We Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited Yugoslavia (ended 26 Spt)
90 Jul 9 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Houston G7 summit (ended 11 Jly)
84 Nov 15 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Cranley Onslow defeated Edward Du Cann for 1922 Chairmanship
84 Nov 30 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Striking miners killed taxi driver in Wales
85 Feb 11 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Ponting acquitted by jury
85 Apr 4 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT began tour of Far East (returned 14 Apr)
85 May 14 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Pym formed "Centre Forward" group
90 Jul 5 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] NATO summit in London (ended 6 Jly)
89 Sep 22 Fr Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] IRA bombed Royal Marine Music School at Deal: ten dead
88 Sep 16 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Inflation rose 0.9 per cent to 5.7 per cent, three year high
90 Sep 13 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 666 places food supplies to Iraq and Kuwait under strict international control
90 Aug 25 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 665 enforces sanctions on Iraq
90 Aug 18 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 664 condemns Iraqi actions against foreign communities in Kuwait and Iraq
90 Aug 12 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Saddam Hussein proposes "peace initiative" linking Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to Israeli withdrawal from Occupied Territories and Lebanon
90 Aug 10 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Emergency Arab Summit in Cairo passes strong resolution sanctioning Iraq and requiring it withdraw from Kuwait, military assistance to Saudi Arabia
90 Aug 8 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Iraq announces annexation of Kuwait
90 Aug 9 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 662 nullifies Iraqi annexation of Kuwait
90 Aug 7 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] US deploys troops and aircraft to Saudi Arabia
90 Aug 6 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 661 imposes sanctions on Iraq
90 Aug 1 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Iraq walks out of talks with Kuwait in Saudi Arabia
90 Jul 31 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegations meet for talks in Saudi Arabia
90 Jul 24 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Iraq sends 30,000 heavily armed troops to the Kuwait border
90 Jul 17 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Saddam accuses Kuwait and other Gulf states of forcing down oil price and stealing oil from disputed Rumaila oilfield
86 May 4 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Tokyo G7 (ended 6 May)
90 Sep 6 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Parliament recalled to discuss the Gulf
90 Aug 9 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] UK announced commitment of forces to the Gulf
86 Mar 12 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Italian summit in Florence
89 May 4 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Local elections
89 May 4 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Vale of Glamorgan by-election: Labour gain from Conservative
89 May 15 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] China: massive demonstrations in Tiananmen Square during Gorbachev visit
89 Jun 3 Sa Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] China: Tiananmen Square massacre
91 Feb 24 Su Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Ground war began in Kuwait
91 Feb 27 We Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Kuwait liberated; ceasefire
91 Jan 18 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Iraq launched first SCUD attacks on Israel
91 Jan 16 We Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Air campaign launched against Iraq ("Desert Storm")
88 Oct 11 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Parkinson pledged privatisation of British Coal after next election
88 Jul 28 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Ashdown elected leader of Social and Liberal Democrats
88 Apr 6 We Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited Turkey (returned 8 Apr)
88 Nov 29 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Charter 88 launched
88 Dec 12 Mo Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Clapham rail crash; 34 killed
89 Apr 15 Sa Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Hillsborough Stadium disaster: 95 crushed to death
89 May 13 Sa Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] SDP announced it would no longer organise nationally
89 May 21 Su Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] UK expelled 11 Soviet diplomats
89 Jun 8 Th Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] Summer strikes: unofficial dock strike (ended 1 Aug); rail strike (12 Jun-27 Jul)
89 Jun 10 Sa Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] General Jaruzelski visited Chequers
78 Mar 16 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Italy: kidnap of Aldo Moro (found dead 9 May)
85 Oct 7 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists (arrested on Sicily 11 Oct)
84 Mar 12 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Coal strike began
84 May 29 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Picket violence at Orgreave coke works (also 18 Jun)
84 Aug 24 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] 2nd national dock strike (ended 18 Spt)
84 Jun 2 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] South African Prime Minister visited Chequers
85 Oct 16 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Nassau Commonwealth Meeting (ended 23 Oct); South Africa dominated
86 Jun 12 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] South Africa: Eminent Persons Group reported; national state of emergency proclaimed
86 Jul 20 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Sunday Times report of rift between MT and monarch over South Africa
86 Jul 24 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Edinburgh Commonwealth Games: 32 nations boycotted over South Africa
86 Aug 3 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] London Commonwealth Summit on South Africa (ended 5 Aug)
86 Sep 16 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] EC sanctions imposed on South Africa
87 Oct 13 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Vancouver Commonwealth Meeting (ended 17 Oct); UK dissent over South Africa
89 Aug 14 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] South Africa: De Klerk became President in succession to P.W. Botha
89 Oct 18 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Meeting opened (ended 24 Oct): South Africa arguments
90 Feb 10 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] South Africa: Mandela released (ANC unbanned 2 Feb)
90 Oct 14 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] MT held talks with De Klerk at Chequers
85 Jan 26 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Dutch summit at Chequers
84 Mar 2 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Dutch summit in London
86 Jan 28 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Community Charge Green Paper published
84 Jul 6 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.75 per cent, from 9.25 to 10 per cent
84 Aug 10 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11.5 to 11 per cent
84 Aug 20 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11 to 10.5 per cent
84 Aug 9 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 12 to 11.5 per cent
84 Jul 11 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 10 to 12 per cent
84 Nov 7 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 10 per cent
84 Nov 20 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.125 per cent, from 10 to 9.875 per cent
84 Nov 23 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.25 per cent, from 9.875 to 9.625 per cent
85 Jan 11 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.875 per cent, from 9.625 to 10.5 per cent
85 Jan 14 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Sterling fell to $1.11; interest rates increased 1.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 12 per cent
85 Jan 28 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 12 to 14 per cent
85 Mar 21 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 14 to 13.5 per cent
85 Mar 29 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.375 per cent, from 13.5 to 13.125 per cent
85 Apr 12 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.25 per cent, from 13.125 to 12.875 per cent
85 Apr 19 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.25 per cent, from 12.875 to 12.625 per cent
85 Jun 12 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.125 per cent, from 12.625 to 12.5 per cent
85 Jul 15 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 12.5 to 12 per cent
85 Jul 29 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 12 to 11.5 per cent
86 Jan 9 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 11.5 to 12.5 per cent
86 Mar 19 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 12.5 to 11.5 per cent
86 Apr 8 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11.5 to 11 per cent
86 Apr 21 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11 to 10.5 per cent
86 May 23 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 10 per cent
86 Oct 14 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 10 to 11 per cent
87 Mar 10 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11 to 10.5 per cent
87 Mar 18 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 10 per cent
87 Apr 28 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates cut reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 9.5 per cent
87 May 11 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates cut reduced 0.5 per cent, from 9.5 to 9 per cent
87 Jul 7 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 9 to 10 per cent, reversing pre-election cuts
87 Nov 4 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 9.5 to 9 per cent
88 Feb 2 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 8.5 to 9 per cent
87 Dec 3 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent to 8.5 per cent
88 Mar 17 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 9 to 8.5 per cent
88 Apr 8 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 8.5 to 8 per cent
88 May 17 Tu Chronology Info Only 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
88 Jun 2 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 7.5 to 8 per cent
88 Jun 6 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 8 to 8.5 per cent
88 Jun 22 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 8.5 to 9 per cent
88 Jun 28 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 9 to 9.5 per cent
88 Jul 4 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 9.5 to 10 per cent
88 Jul 18 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 10.5 per cent
88 Aug 25 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] July record balance of payment deficit; interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 11 to 12 per cent
88 Aug 8 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates raised 0.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 11 per cent
88 Nov 25 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Record balance of payments deficit (£2.43b); interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 12 to 13 per cent
89 May 24 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 13 to 14 per cent
89 Oct 5 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1 per cent, from 14 to 15 per cent
90 Oct 8 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced by one per cent, from 15 to 14 per cent
84 Jun 29 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.125 per cent, from 9.125 to 9.25 per cent
84 May 10 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.5 per cent, from 8.625 to 9.125 per cent
84 Mar 14 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.25 per cent, from 8.875 to 8.625 per cent
87 Oct 23 Fr Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 9.5 per cent, following Black Monday
84 Mar 7 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.125 per cent, from 9 to 8.875 per cent
83 Jun 14 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 9.5 per cent
83 Oct 3 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 9.5 to 9 per cent
83 Apr 14 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 10 per cent
83 Mar 15 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11 to 10.5 per cent
83 Jan 12 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 0.875 per cent, from 10.125 to 11 per cent
82 Nov 29 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 1.125 per cent, from 9 to 10.125 per cent
82 Nov 5 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 9.5 to 9 per cent
82 Oct 14 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10 to 9.5 per cent
82 Oct 7 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 10.5 to 10 per cent
82 Aug 31 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11 to 10.5 per cent
82 Aug 18 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 11.5 to 11 per cent
82 Aug 2 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 12 to 11.5 per cent
82 Jul 14 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 12.5 to 12 per cent
82 Jun 8 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 13 to 12.5 per cent
82 Mar 12 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 13.5 to 13 per cent
82 Feb 25 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 14 to 13.5 per cent
81 Oct 14 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 16 to 15.5 per cent
82 Jan 25 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 14.5 to 14 per cent
81 Dec 4 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 15 to 14.5 per cent
81 Nov 10 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 15.5 to 15 per cent
81 Oct 1 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 14 to 16 per cent
81 Sep 16 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 12 to 14 per cent
81 Mar 11 We Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 2 per cent, from 14 to 12 per cent
80 Nov 25 Tu Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 2 per cent, from 16 to 14 per cent
80 Jul 3 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 17 to 16 per cent
79 Nov 15 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates increased 3 per cent, from 14 to 17 per cent (all time high); gilt strike
79 Jun 13 We Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 12 to 14 per cent
79 Apr 5 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 13 to 12 per cent
79 Mar 1 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 14 to 13 per cent
81 Jul 20 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Ottawa G7 opened (ended 21 Jul)
90 Jul 30 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Ian Gow murdered by IRA bomb
89 Jul 19 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] HC: Ridley mauled on community charge safety net
84 Sep 2 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Chequers meeting of ministers agrees 'studies' of local government finance; step towards community charge
85 Mar 31 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Chequers seminar on local government finance; work on community charge began
85 Sep 2 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Reshuffle: Hurd replace Brittan at Home Office; Tebbit new Party Chairman; Jenkin replaced as Environment Secretary by Baker
86 May 21 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: Joseph resigned; Baker replaced him at DES; Ridley became Environment Secretary
89 Jul 24 Mo Chronology Info Only 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 Info Only Key [Chronology] Trafalgar Square riot
89 Oct 11 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Community charge "safety net" to be dropped
87 Feb 26 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Community Charge to replace rates in Scotland from 1 Apr 1989
87 Dec 17 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] HC: Heath attacked community charge on 2R; backbench rebellion
87 Jun 11 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] General Election
88 Apr 18 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] HC: Mates amendment 'banding’ community charge backed by 38 Tories
87 Oct 6 Tu Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Community Charge: "dual running" attacked in Conservative conference debate, MT seeming to approve
87 Nov 17 Tu Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Community Charge: "dual running" with rates abandoned
88 Jul 13 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] HL: Second Reading of community charge legislation carried 317:183, defeating rebellion
79 Dec 6 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Dutch summit in London
81 Feb 6 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Dutch summit at The Hague
83 Mar 2 We Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Anglo-Dutch summit in London
79 Jun 21 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Strasbourg European Council (ended 22 Jun)
79 Nov 29 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Dublin European Council (ended 30 Nov); budget row
80 Apr 27 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Luxembourg European Council (ended 28 Apr)
80 Jun 12 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Venice European Council (ended 13 Jun)
80 Dec 1 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Luxembourg European Council (ended 2 Dec)
81 Mar 23 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Maastricht European Council (ended 24 Mar)
81 Jun 29 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Luxembourg European Council (ended 30 Jun)
81 Nov 26 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] London European Council (ended 27 Nov)
82 Mar 29 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council (ended 30 Mar)
82 Jun 28 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council
82 Dec 3 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Copenhagen European Council (ended 4 Dec)
83 Mar 21 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council (ended 22 Mar)
83 Jun 17 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Stuttgart European Council (ended 18 Jun)
83 Dec 4 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Athens European Council (ended 6 Dec)
84 Mar 19 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council (ended 20 Mar)
84 Jun 25 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Fontainebleau European Council (ended 26 Jun); budget settlement
84 Dec 3 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Dublin European Council (ended 4 Dec)
85 Mar 29 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council (ended 30 Mar)
85 Jun 28 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Milan European Council (ended 29 Jun); IGC set up
85 Dec 2 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Luxembourg European Council; Single European Act agreed (ended 3 Dec)
86 Jun 26 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Hague European Council (ended 27 Jun); MT resisted South Africa sanctions
86 Dec 5 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] London European Council (ended 6 Dec)
87 Jun 29 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council; no budget agreement reached (ended 30 Jun)
87 Dec 4 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Copenhagen European Council (ended 5 Dec)
88 Feb 11 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Brussels European Council (ended 13 Feb): budget agreement
88 Jun 27 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Hanover European Council (ended 28 Jun): Delors Committee established
88 Dec 2 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Rhodes European Council (ended 3 Dec): arguments over Father Ryan
89 Jun 26 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Madrid European Council (ended 27 Jun): MT set "Madrid conditions" for ERM entry; rejected Social Charter
89 Nov 18 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Paris European Council: to discuss Eastern Europe
89 Dec 8 Fr Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Strasbourg European Council (ended 9 Dec)
90 Apr 28 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Dublin European Council (informal): welcomed German reunification
90 Oct 27 Sa Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Rome European Council (ended 28 Oct)
90 Jun 25 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Dublin European Council (ended 26 Jun)
89 Apr 17 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Delors Report published
76 Nov 29 Mo Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] European Council at The Hague (ended 30 Jun)
79 Mar 22 Th Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] Assassination of British Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir Richard Sykes (IRA acknowledged responsibility in 1980)
79 May 3 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative victory (43 majority)
79 May 4 Fr Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] MT appointed Prime Minister
79 Jun 7 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] European Elections
80 Nov 4 Tu Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Reagan elected US President
81 Mar 1 Su Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Northern Ireland: second Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct with ten deaths)
82 Apr 2 Fr Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Falklands: Argentina invaded the islands
82 Jun 14 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Falklands: Argentine surrender
82 Apr 5 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Falklands: FCO Ministers resigned, Pym new Foreign Secretary; Task Force sailed
83 Jun 9 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] 1983 General Election: Conservative majority 144
83 Oct 25 Tu Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] US invasion of Grenada
91 Dec 9 Mo Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Maastricht European Council (ended 10 Dec)
90 Nov 28 We Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] MT resigned as Prime Minister
90 Oct 5 Fr Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Britain joined ERM; announcement that interest rates would be reduced by one per cent, from 15 to 14 per cent
90 Oct 3 We Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] German reunification
90 Jul 14 Sa Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Ridley resigned over comments on Germany; Lilley joined Cabinet to succeed him at DTI
90 Jul 1 Su Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] German economic union
88 Jul 6 We Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Jacques Delors told European Parliament that in ten years 80 per cent of economic and social legislation would be made there rather than at national level
88 Sep 8 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Jacques Delors addressed TUC Conference & invited them to join "the architects of Europe"
88 Sep 20 Tu Chronology Info Only Minor [Chronology] MT visited Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain (returned 23 Spt)
88 Sep 20 Tu Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] MT addressed the College of Europe (the "Bruges Speech")
88 Aug 20 Sa Chronology Info Only Major [Chronology] IRA Ballygawley bomb; MT cut short her holiday and initiated security review
90 Aug 2 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] Iraq invaded Kuwait; MT with Bush in Aspen
90 Aug 2 Th Chronology Info Only Key [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 660 condemns Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

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