|
36 Jul 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts address as Rotary President ("a manacled age") |
|
39 Jan 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts Rotary address (Chamberlain's "will intent on peace") |
|
41 Jan 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Mahogany & Child") [123K high quality scan] |
|
41 Jan 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Strength comes from within") [132K high quality scan] |
|
44 May 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: 1944 Employment White Paper [MT's annotated copy] |
|
45 May 8 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
VE Day |
|
45 Jun 25 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Sleaford |
|
45 Jul 5 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority) |
|
45 Aug 6 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb |
|
45 Aug 16 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
VJ Day |
|
45 Dec 1 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1943-47 (Oxford): Oxford University Conservative Association Report (reacting to 1945 election defeat) [report co-authored by Margaret Roberts, Michael Kinchin-Smith and Stanley Moss] |
|
48 Dec 17 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (offers interview for Dartford "short list") |
|
49 Jan 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (chosen for Dartford "short list") |
|
49 Jan 31 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Margaret Roberts selected Conservative candidate for Dartford |
|
49 Feb 28 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting |
|
50 Jan 28 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Gravesend and Dartford Reporter ( YOU will decide ) |
|
50 Feb 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting in Dartford |
|
50 Feb 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
1950 General Election Address |
|
50 Feb 23 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority) |
|
51 Mar 16 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letters on economic policy |
|
51 Oct 8 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting |
|
51 Oct 8 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
1951 General Election Address |
|
51 Oct 15 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Belvedere |
|
51 Oct 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Belvedere |
|
51 Oct 25 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority) |
|
51 Dec 13 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher |
|
52 Feb 17 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Sunday Graphic (Wake up, Women) |
|
52 May 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
Early life Photo of Alfred Roberts laying down his robes as Alderman (voted out by Labour) |
|
52 Jun 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to John Hare ("without exception the best woman candidate I have known") |
|
52 Jun 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): John Hare interview with MT ("immense personality & charm") |
|
52 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook note on MT ("an amazing young woman") |
|
55 Jan 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (not thinking of a parliamentary career for "many years") |
|
55 Jan 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (mind made up to pursue law "to the exclusion of politics") |
|
55 Apr 5 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded |
|
55 May 26 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority) |
|
56 Feb 28 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry (asks to meet) |
|
56 Mar 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Donald Kaberry Interview with MT (wishes to return to list) |
|
56 Jul 26 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal |
|
56 Oct 30 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary |
|
56 Oct 31 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov |
|
57 Jan 9 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan) |
|
57 Mar 25 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Treaty of Rome |
|
58 Jan 6 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers |
|
58 Jul 31 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT adopted candidate for Finchley |
|
58 Jul 31 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Finchley adoption meeting |
|
58 Aug 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry ("anti-woman prejudice") |
|
59 Jan 21 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Finchley Conservatives |
|
59 Apr 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Friern Barnet |
|
59 Sep 1 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Signpost ("This is your choice") |
|
59 Sep 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting |
|
59 Sep 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
1959 General Election Address |
|
59 Oct 8 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority) |
|
60 Feb 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Private Member's Bill: MT notes for her maiden speech |
|
60 Feb 5 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S 2R [Public Bodies (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Bill] (Maiden Speech) |
|
60 Feb 6 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for ITN (after maiden speech) [MT's first television interview] |
|
61 Feb 14 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Standing Committee [Criminal Justice Bill] (supports corporal punishment) |
|
61 Apr 17 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Daily Express |
|
61 Apr 19 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation] |
|
61 Oct 9 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance) |
|
62 Jul 13 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
"Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked |
|
63 Jan 14 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC |
|
63 Jun 4 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Profumo resigned |
|
63 Oct 10 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct) |
|
64 Oct 15 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions |
|
65 Jul 25 Su |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul) |
|
65 Oct 15 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (rates) |
|
65 Oct 18 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT moved to shadow Housing and Land |
|
65 Nov 11 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Rhodesia declared UDI |
|
65 Nov 11 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - Land Commission and Housing] |
|
66 Mar 31 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority) |
|
66 Apr 19 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod |
|
66 Oct 12 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
67 Apr 17 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation] |
|
67 Jun 5 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun) |
|
67 Oct 10 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power |
|
67 Oct 20 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
67 Nov 1 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address] |
|
68 Apr 20 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Enoch Powell’s "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr) |
|
68 Aug 20 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
|
68 Oct 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative Political Centre (CPC) Lecture ("What’s wrong with politics?") |
|
68 Nov 14 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT reshuffled to shadow Transport |
|
69 Feb 19 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Daily Telegraph ("Consensus - or choice?") |
|
69 Feb 20 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Daily Telegraph ("Participation - in what?") |
|
69 Aug 14 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast |
|
69 Oct 10 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
69 Oct 21 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed shadow education spokesman |
|
69 Oct 31 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - Pensions and Education] |
|
70 Jan 30 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb |
|
70 Apr 9 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour ("Permissive or Civilised?") |
|
70 Jun 18 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31) |
|
70 Jun 19 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science) |
|
70 Jun 30 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive |
|
70 Jun 30 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 Today (withdrawal of Circular 10/65) |
|
70 Jul 8 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - Education] |
|
70 Jul 27 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama (profile of MT) |
|
70 Oct 7 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
70 Oct 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Private Office minute to Heath (not practicable to exclude MT from discussion of education policy) [declassified 2003] |
|
70 Oct 28 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Association of Education Committees |
|
71 Mar 21 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC1 A Chance To Meet (questions from studio audience) |
|
71 Jun 14 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S 2R [Education (Milk) Bill] |
|
71 Aug 7 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Finchley (urging Common Market entry) |
|
71 Oct 14 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
71 Oct 25 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Guardian |
|
71 Nov 5 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - Education] |
|
72 Jan 9 Su |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Miners’ strike began |
|
72 Jan 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Minute of Chequers meeting with Heath [declassified] [240K scan] |
|
72 Jan 20 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Unemployment passed 1m |
|
72 Jan 30 Su |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
"Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry |
|
72 Feb 10 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Saltley Coke depot closed by pickets |
|
72 Feb 12 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Scottish Conservative Women (miners’ strike) |
|
72 Feb 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Miners' strike: Hailsham diary (government's hand forced) [coded diary with translation] |
|
72 Feb 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Miners' strike: Cabinet minutes (government's hand forced) [CM (72) 8th Conclusions] |
|
72 Feb 19 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Heath conceded miners’ demands |
|
72 Mar 21 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Budget: full scale reflation |
|
72 Mar 22 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Industry White Paper, basis of 1972 Industry Act |
|
72 Mar 24 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began |
|
72 Apr 4 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to National Union of Teachers |
|
72 Apr 4 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after speech to National Union of Teachers |
|
72 Jun 23 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Sterling floated: left European `snake’ and unpegged from dollar |
|
72 Oct 12 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
72 Nov 6 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Statutory control of pay, prices, dividends and rents (Phase I) |
|
72 Dec 6 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT's White Paper published: Education: A Framework for Expansion |
|
72 Dec 6 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Written Statement launching Education White Paper (A Framework for Expansion) |
|
72 Dec 6 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference launching Education White Paper (A Framework for Expansion) |
|
73 Jan 1 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Britain acceded to the European Community |
|
73 Mar 5 Mo |
Multimedia |
Key |
Archive (BBC) |
TV Interview for BBC1 Val meets the VIPs (too inexperienced to be Prime Minister) |
|
73 Mar 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC1 Val meets the VIPs (too inexperienced to be Prime Minister) |
|
73 May 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (State Department) |
Conservative Party: State Department record of MT conversation (lunch at the Connaught) [declassified 1998] |
|
73 Jun 24 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip note to PM (MT would like to leave Education but not go to Health) [reshuffle recommendations] [declassified 2002] |
|
73 Oct 6 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Arab-Israeli War (ended 24 Oct); oil price increased 70 per cent |
|
73 Oct 8 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Phase III announced: 2.25 or 7 per cent; inflation linked `threshold’ payments |
|
73 Oct 13 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
73 Nov 12 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
NUM overtime ban began; State of Emergency following day |
|
73 Dec 9 Su |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Sunningdale Agreement |
|
73 Dec 13 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Three day week announced |
|
74 Jan 28 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Education (Expenditure) (Opposition motion)] |
|
74 Feb 7 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election called for 28 Feb |
|
74 Feb 10 Su |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Miners’ strike began (ended 11 Mar) |
|
74 Feb 11 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting |
|
74 Feb 28 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: no overall majority for any party |
|
74 Mar 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
General Election: Hailsham diary (MT & Keith Joseph oppose deal with Liberals) |
|
74 Mar 2 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Heath offered Liberals seats in coalition; rejected by them |
|
74 Mar 2 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Heath: Robert Armstrong note (“Note for the Record”) [Heath meeting with Thorpe] [declassified 2005] |
|
74 Mar 4 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
General Election: Hailsham diary (note of failed negotiations with Liberals) |
|
74 Mar 7 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
|
Education: MT to John Vaizey (despite the problems thoroughly enjoyed her time at the DES) |
|
74 Mar 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Ralph Harris record of conversation (visit from Keith Joseph) [plans "a new 'crusade' for private enterprise", acknowledging 'guilt' for Heath Government failings] |
|
74 Mar 16 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Heath: Robert Armstrong note (“Events leading to the resignation of Mr Heath’s Administration on 4 March 1974”) [declassified Oct 2005] |
|
74 Mar 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph note ("The Erhard Foundation") [Fabian Society for Conservatives, Howe among managing trustees] |
|
74 May 15 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May) |
|
74 May 17 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for London Broadcasting Corporation ("we shall finish up being the more radical party") |
|
74 Jun 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph draft prospectus ("Centre for Policy Studies Limited") ["denationalisation ... not politically feasible"] |
|
74 Jun 22 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Keith Joseph’s Upminster speech |
|
74 Jun 22 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Joseph (Sir Keith) |
Speech at Upminster (“This is not the Time to be Mealy-Mouthed: Intervention is Destroying us”) |
|
74 Jun 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Ralph Harris letter to Keith Joseph (attacks his ruling out denationalization) ["blinkered vision"] |
|
74 Jul 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (agrees on denationalization) ["strong grounds for your complaints ... strong wish of several subscribers that we should be realistic"] |
|
74 Aug 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (update - CPS in existence but not yet active) ["steeping myself in Hayek"] |
|
74 Aug 8 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Joseph (Sir Keith) |
Speech at Leith (“Inflation is Decapitalising British Industry”) |
|
74 Aug 28 We |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher (& others) |
Party Political Broadcast (pledges to cap mortgage rate, sell council houses, abolish rates) [film] |
|
74 Aug 28 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference on housing and rates |
|
74 Sep 5 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Keith Joseph’s Preston speech |
|
74 Sep 5 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Joseph (Sir Keith) |
Speech at Preston (“Inflation is Caused by Governments”) |
|
74 Sep 6 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Sir Keith Joseph blames full employment policies for inflation” (Peter Jay on KJ speech at Preston - “Inflation is Caused by Governments”) |
|
74 Sep 6 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “The Sharp Shock of Truth” (leading article on KJ speech at Preston) |
|
74 Sep 27 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher (& others) |
Party Election Broadcast (pledges to cap mortgage rate, sell council houses, help first-time buyers) [film] |
|
74 Sep 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
General Election Press Conference |
|
74 Sep 30 Mo |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher (& others) |
Party Election Broadcast (Housing) [defends her “firm and unshakeable pledges”] [film] |
|
74 Oct 3 Th |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher (& others) |
Party Election Broadcast (“I’m All Right, Jack”) [film] |
|
74 Oct 4 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Broadcast for BBC Radio 4 Any Questions? |
|
74 Oct 10 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour majority of three |
|
74 Oct 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Evening News (party leadership speculation - "You can cross my name off the list ") |
|
74 Oct 17 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Sunday Express (party leadership) |
|
74 Oct 18 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Evening Standard |
|
74 Oct 19 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Keith Joseph’s Edgbaston speech |
|
74 Oct 19 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Joseph (Sir Keith) |
Speech at Edgbaston (“our human stock is threatened”) |
|
74 Oct 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hayek MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph to Hayek (thanks for praise of Preston speech) ["most grateful for your blessing"] |
|
74 Nov 5 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - State of the Nation (Opposition Amendment)] |
|
74 Nov 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative leadership: Hailsham diary (close allies discuss Heath's future) |
|
74 Nov 21 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Keith Joseph told MT he would not stand for the leadership; MT decided she would |
|
74 Nov 24 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Daily Mail (decision to fight for party leadership) |
|
75 Jan 30 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Daily Telegraph ("My Kind of Tory Party") |
|
75 Jan 31 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Granada TV World in Action |
|
75 Jan 31 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Finchley (Conservative leadership election) |
|
75 Feb 1 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter to her constituency chairman (Conservative leadership election) |
|
75 Feb 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (senses a "yearning to get things right again among people of many political views") |
|
75 Feb 4 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Conservative leadership first ballot: Heath resigned |
|
75 Feb 4 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after winning first ballot |
|
75 Feb 11 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Conservative leadership second ballot: MT elected leader |
|
75 Feb 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative leadership election: MT’s notes on handling Ted Heath |
|
75 Feb 11 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after winning Conservative leadership (Grand Committee Room) |
|
75 Feb 11 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after winning Conservative leadership (Conservative Central Office) |
|
75 Feb 16 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative leadership: MT letter to Hailsham (warm thanks) [realises magnitude of her task] |
|
75 Feb 18 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Shadow Cabinet complete |
|
75 Feb 28 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to West Dorset Conservatives [complete audio tape] |
|
75 Mar 5 We |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Party Political Broadcast (introducing MT) [film] |
|
75 Apr 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Joseph "Notes towards the definition of policy") [464K] |
|
75 Apr 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [European Community (Membership)] |
|
75 Apr 9 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second) |
|
75 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative policy: Hailsham diary (Shadow Cabinet squabbles over Keith Joseph paper) |
|
75 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 57th Meeting |
|
75 Apr 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (fall of Saigon) ["a dark day ... somehow the shadows seem to have lengthened"] [released 2003] |
|
75 May 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 27th Meeting |
|
75 May 18 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Fentiman Road seminar (principles of economic policy) |
|
75 May 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Maudling on economics) |
|
75 Jun 5 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
European Referendum: 67.2 per cent for; 32.8 per cent against (64 per cent turnout) |
|
75 Jun 9 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 29th Meeting |
|
75 Jul 1 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Labour Government proposed pay policy; White Paper (11 Jly) |
|
75 Jul 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: Hailsham letter to MT (coalition risks) |
|
75 Jul 26 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Chelsea Conservative Association (attacking detente) |
|
75 Jul 27 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: MT letter to Hailsham (coalition risks) |
|
75 Jul 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: Hailsham letter to MT (danger of Wilson recruiting Heath) |
|
75 Aug 3 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT to Professor Merrett (economic & political outlook) |
|
75 Aug 7 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Observer |
|
75 Sep 13 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT visited USA and Canada (returned 26 Spt) |
|
75 Sep 15 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Institute of SocioEconomic Studies ("Let Our Children Grow Tall") |
|
75 Sep 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Ford Library) |
Cold War: White House memcon (President Ford, Brent Scowcroft, MT) [declassified 2004] |
|
75 Oct 10 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
75 Nov 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 9 |
|
75 Nov 19 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address] |
|
75 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 10 |
|
75 Nov 27 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Ross McWhirter murdered by IRA - MT given 24 hour police protection |
|
76 Jan 19 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Kensington Town Hall ("Britain Awake") (The Iron Lady) |
|
76 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: Hailsham diary (Heath says MT no good) ["I am much better and I ought to be there still"] |
|
76 Feb 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 97th Meeting |
|
76 Feb 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 98th Meeting |
|
76 Mar 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Lawson to MT ("benign neglect" of trade union leaders) |
|
76 Mar 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT to Lawson (incomes policy cannot work without union support) |
|
76 Mar 11 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Government Economic Strategy (motion of confidence)] |
|
76 Mar 16 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Wilson announced his resignation as Prime Minister |
|
76 Apr 5 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Callaghan elected Labour leader; became Prime Minister |
|
76 Apr 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Joseph (Sir Keith) |
Stockton Lecture ("Monetarism Is Not Enough") |
|
76 Apr 7 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Government lost its majority (Stonehouse resigned whip) |
|
76 May 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Maudling "Incomes Policy") |
|
76 May 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Thorneycroft note for MT (suggestions for an economic speech) |
|
76 Jun 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Heseltine "Industrial Policy Recommendations") [325K] |
|
76 Jun 9 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Her Majesty’s Government (Opposition Motion) (motion of confidence)] |
|
76 Jul 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Heseltine on nationalised industries; Nationalised Industries Policy Group - Report) |
|
76 Aug 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph notes (goals) ["internal note by KJ"] |
|
76 Sep 28 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Sterling crisis resumed: Healey turned back from Heathrow |
|
76 Oct 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Labour: Hailsham diary (Brian Walden offers support to bring down government) [coded entry with translation] |
|
76 Oct 4 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
The Right Approach published |
|
76 Oct 4 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Conservative Party |
The Right Approach (Conservative policy statement) |
|
76 Oct 8 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
76 Oct 11 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Economic situation] |
|
76 Oct 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Joseph & Maude on next stage of policy work) |
|
76 Nov 20 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham diary (criticism of Keith Joseph) ["You wear too much sackcloth"] |
|
76 Nov 24 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on Address] |
|
76 Dec 1 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Shadow Cabinet decided to oppose devolution on 2R; Buchanan-Smith and Rifkind resigned |
|
76 Dec 7 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Joseph "Our Tone of Voice & Our Tasks") [273K] |
|
76 Dec 8 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Hailsham diary (threatens to resign over devolution) [likely to go "if the Scots went"] |
|
76 Dec 12 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Hailsham letter to Angus Maude (devolution) [still thinks of resigning] |
|
76 Dec 13 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S 2R [Scotland and Wales Bill] |
|
76 Dec 15 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Budget: Letter of Intent to IMF published (loan granted 3 Jan 77) |
|
77 Feb 22 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
HC: devolution guillotine defeated 312:283 |
|
77 Mar 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Howe on pay policy) |
|
77 Mar 14 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Zurich Economic Society ("The New Renaissance") |
|
77 Mar 23 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Lib-Lab Pact |
|
77 Mar 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 156th Meeting |
|
77 Mar 23 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Her Majesty’s Government (Opposition Motion) (motion of confidence)] |
|
77 Mar 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
MT: Hailsham diary (discussion with Peter Carrington) [serious doubts about MT & Keith Joseph] |
|
77 Apr 7 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to Sir Keith Joseph (general economic approach) |
|
77 May 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT ("Concerted Action" frightens MT to death) |
|
77 May 31 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Jim Prior (conversation with union leader, John Lyons) ["in general terms a monetarist"] |
|
77 Jun 24 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on Europe ("Europe as I see it") |
|
77 Jun 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Report of Nationalised Industries Policy Group (leaked Ridley report) |
|
77 Jul 4 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Greater London Young Conservatives (Iain Macleod Memorial Lecture - "Dimensions of Conservatism") |
|
77 Jul 20 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Counter-Inflation Policy (motion of confidence)] |
|
77 Jul 25 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Public Broadcasting Service Firing Line |
|
77 Aug 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Alcon Copisarow (advisers) [“I shall have to take most of the major decisions myself”] [released 2010] |
|
77 Sep 18 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for London Weekend Television Weekend World |
|
77 Oct 8 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Conservative Party |
The Right Approach to the Economy (Conservative policy statement) |
|
77 Oct 14 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference ("Confrontation with reality") |
|
77 Oct 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to MT (initiatives) [proposes Tories bid for social democracy as Labour becomes marxist] |
|
77 Oct 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Richard Ryder letter to Sherman (speech outline on Conservatives as “heirs to the Social-Democratic heritage”) [MT ‘very impressed’ - go ahead as soon as possible] |
|
77 Nov 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Hailsham diary (devolution meeting) [MT moving towards federalism with England a single unit] |
|
77 Nov 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on Address] |
|
77 Nov 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: “Stepping Stones” Report (final text) |
|
78 Jan 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe speech draft on trade unions (MT: "the press will crucify you for this") |
|
78 Jan 15 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Strategy: Lawson paper (Patten paper on "Stepping Stones") [513K] |
|
78 Jan 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Hoskyns on "Stepping Stones") |
|
78 Jan 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Granada World in Action ("rather swamped") |
|
78 Jan 30 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 51st Meeting (argument over "Stepping Stones") |
|
78 Feb 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Whitelaw on control of immigration) |
|
78 Feb 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Whitelaw "The Control of Immigration") |
|
78 Feb 23 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Patten on "Stepping Stones" & strategy) |
|
78 Feb 24 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Whitelaw "The Control of Immigration" - supplementary paper) |
|
78 Feb 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 54th Meeting ("Stepping Stones") |
|
78 Mar 30 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at St Lawrence Jewry (“I BELIEVE - A speech on Christianity and Politics”) |
|
78 Apr 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Strikes: “Mrs Thatcher warned in secret report of defeat in confrontation with unions” (leak of Carrington Report - Authority of Government Policy Group) |
|
78 May 6 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Bow Group ("The Ideals of an Open Society") |
|
78 Jun 26 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Howe (Sir Geoffrey) |
Speech to the Bow Group (Enterprise Zones) [“Liberating Free Enterprise: A New Experiment”] |
|
78 Jul 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Lawson to MT (denies Conservative economic plans will increase unemployment) |
|
78 Jul 21 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Stage 3 White Paper: 5 per cent pay guideline |
|
78 Aug 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Conservative Party Manifesto for 1978 General Election - 2nd draft) [1,436K] |
|
78 Sep 7 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Callaghan surprise broadcast: no autumn General Election |
|
78 Sep 14 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: "The economic perils of thinking for the moment" (case for a long-term stabilization plan) ["Rules rule: OK?"] |
|
78 Oct 4 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 220th Meeting (Rhodesia discussion - extended minute) |
|
78 Oct 13 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
78 Oct 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Strategy: Lawson to MT (importance of her faith & resolve) |
|
78 Oct 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Meeting of Shadows (Conservative view of European Monetary System) [deciding what to advise MT] |
|
78 Oct 30 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Ronnie Millar to MT (right approach between now & election) [stress failure of pay policy while giving Ted his dignity] |
|
78 Oct 30 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Lawson note for MT ("The European Monetary System") |
|
78 Oct 31 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Sir Geoffrey Howe letter to MT ("European Monetary System") [Conservative line] |
|
78 Nov 1 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address] |
|
78 Nov 15 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of
Meeting (attitude to European Monetary System) |
|
78 Nov 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bundesbank) |
EMS: Bundesbank Council meeting with Chancellor Schmidt (assurances on operation of EMS) [declassified 2008] |
|
78 Dec 14 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Government Policy (motion of confidence)] |
|
79 Jan 3 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Lorry drivers’ strike began; "Winter of Discontent" peaking |
|
79 Jan 7 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for London Weekend Television Weekend World |
|
79 Jan 10 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Callaghan's return from Guadelope Summit: "Crisis, What Crisis?" ( Sun ) |
|
79 Jan 12 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Observer |
|
79 Jan 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 61st Meeting (Commons debate on industrial situation) |
|
79 Jan 16 Tu |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Industrial Situation] [audio] |
|
79 Jan 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT's notes for her Commons speech (offer to HMG) [391K] |
|
79 Jan 16 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Industrial Situation] |
|
79 Jan 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative Party Political Broadcast (Winter of Discontent) |
|
79 Jan 17 We |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative Party Political Broadcast (Winter of Discontent) [film] |
|
79 Feb 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to John Nott (Bank sympathise with exchange control abolition) |
|
79 Mar 1 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 14 to 13 per cent |
|
79 Mar 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 64th Meeting (manifesto drafting) |
|
79 Mar 28 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
HC: Government fell |
|
79 Mar 28 We |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Her Majesty's Government (Opposition Motion) (motion of confidence)] [audio] |
|
79 Mar 28 We |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Her Majesty's Government (Opposition Motion) (announcement of dissolution)] [audio] |
|
79 Mar 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of
239th Meeting (Government defeated on confidence motion) |
|
79 Mar 28 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Her Majesty’s Government (Opposition Motion) (motion of confidence)] |
|
79 Mar 28 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Her Majesty’s Government (Opposition Motion) (announcement of dissolution)] |
|
79 Mar 29 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election announced for 3 May |
|
79 Mar 30 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Airey Neave murdered by INLA |
|
79 Mar 30 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks on the murder of Airey Neave ("some devils got him") |
|
79 Mar 31 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Henderson (Sir Nicholas) |
Economy: The Henderson Despatch (British decline, causes & consequences) [leaked 1979; declassified 2006] |
|
79 Apr 5 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 13 to 12 per cent |
|
79 Apr 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Conservative Party |
Conservative General Election Manifesto 1979 |
|
79 Apr 11 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
General Election Press Conference (manifesto launch) |
|
79 Apr 16 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Rally in Cardiff |
|
79 Apr 27 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Archive (BBC) |
TV Interview for BBC Campaign ’79 |
|
79 Apr 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC Campaign ’79 [“I can’t bear Britain in decline. I just can’t”] |
|
79 May 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Richard Ryder note for MT (meeting with Ken Stowe) [handover of power] [released 2010] |
|
79 May 3 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative victory (43 majority) |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed Prime Minister |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Press |
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) |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Draft remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer) |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: MT draft (St Francis’s Prayer) [“moving & beautiful song of St Francis”] [released 2015] |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Aide-memoire for St.Francis prayer ("Where there is discord ...") |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer) |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer) [film] |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (Energy, EC, East/West, etc) [master copy of whole briefing set][declassified 2009] |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“Summary and Timetable of Urgent Economic Issues”) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“The Budget”) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“Pay and Cash Limits”) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for MT ('Rhodesia') [MT: "I agree we need care but a little courage is necessary too"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT notes for cabinet-making (near final copy?) [Heseltine refuses Energy; alternative names for other jobs, etc] [released 2010] |
|
79 May 5 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) |
General Election: MT to Ronnie Millar (letter of thanks) [“I could not have done it without you”] |
|
79 May 5 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
General Election: MT to John Hoskyns (letter of thanks) ['invaluable' contribution over past two years, "a new dimension to the way ... the Party thinks and operates"] |
|
79 May 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Vance-Brown memo to Carter (urging TNF modernization) [declassified 1997] |
|
79 May 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Ronnie Millar letter to MT (congratulations) [“At least three Parliaments’ worth of work to do”] [released 2010] |
|
79 May 12 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Brzezinski memo for Carter (Thatcher no longer "the dogmatic lady" who visited in 1977) [declassified 2000] |
|
79 May 15 Tu |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Debate on Address] [audio] |
|
79 May 15 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Debate on Address] |
|
79 May 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Daily Mail editor David English (thanks for congratulations) [“You have been a wonderful friend in recent years ... I hope I will not let you down”] [released 2010] |
|
79 May 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Sun editor Larry Lamb (thanks for congratulations) [“your encouragement meant so much”] [released 2010] |
|
79 May 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Europe: Ronne Millar draft Party Election Broadcast (European Elections) [MT: “This is NOT a script for me”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Jun 7 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
European Elections |
|
79 Jun 12 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Budget |
|
79 Jun 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1979 Budget (Howe 1) |
|
79 Jun 13 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Interest rates increased 2 per cent, from 12 to 14 per cent |
|
79 Jun 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The European Monetary System") [economic considerations should have primacy in UK decision] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jun 24 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Housing: MT note for Chancellor of the Exchequer (mortgage rate) [MT concerned at press reports mortgage rates may go up in a few days; "This MUST NOT happen"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
79 Jun 24 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: MT note to Chancellor of the Exchequer (press reports possible increase in mortgage rates) [“This MUST NOT happen” - if necessary cap by subsidy] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jun 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: MT meeting with Soviet PM Kosygin (record of conversation) [stop-over in Moscow en route to Tokyo] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 4 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: MT meeting with ministers (record of conversation) [mortgage rates - possible subsidy] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington-Zimbabwe/Rhodesia PM Bishop Muzorewa) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Falklands: Ridley's first visit, floats leaseback (ended 26 Jul) |
|
79 Jul 21 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Nicholas Ridley, Falkland Island Councillors) [taxation, agriculture, oil industry, nationality, cooperation with Argentina] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Jul 31 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Lusaka Commonwealth Meeting began (ended 8 Aug) |
|
79 Aug 5 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Commonwealth: MT notebook (conversation at Lusaka CHOGM retreat) [case for British initiative on Rhodesia] [released 2010] |
|
79 Aug 15 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington) [Carrington regards success in constitutional conference as "virtually inconceivable"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 27 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
IRA murdered Mountbatten and 18 soldiers (Warrenpoint) |
|
79 Aug 28 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter letter to MT (Mountbatten) [“tragic death”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Aug 28 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lawson minute to Howe ("Economic and Financial Situation Report") ["strong £ is the biggest thing we have going for us"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Carter (Mountbatten) [“brutal and senseless murder”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Sep 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Carrington's copy] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Sep 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT comments on leaseback scheme: "I could not possibly agree to the line the Foreign Secretary is proposing"] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes for conference speech (“Thoughts on the Moral Case I”) [“There is no such thing as a collective conscience ...”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes for conference speech (“The First Few Months”) [“Not just actions but attitudes”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Oct 12 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
79 Oct 18 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Winston Churchill Memorial Lecture ("Europe - the obligations of liberty") |
|
79 Oct 23 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Exchange controls abolished |
|
79 Oct 31 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
|
EC: Donald Maitland minute to Foreign Secretary (state of EC-UK relations) ["the mood is sober, if not sombre"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Monetary policy: Hall minute to Howe ("Monetary Policy") [MT "profoundly unhappy"; interest rates not working, new mechanisms needed] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 12 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet |
|
79 Nov 15 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Interest rates increased 3 per cent, from 14 to 17 per cent (all time high); gilt strike |
|
79 Nov 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT & Giscard (Iran) [asks UK to reduce its diplomatic presence in Iran] [released 2010] |
|
79 Nov 21 We |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Mr Anthony Blunt] [audio] |
|
79 Nov 21 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Mr Anthony Blunt] |
|
79 Nov 29 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Dublin European Council (ended 30 Nov); budget row |
|
79 Nov 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Europe: Speech to Dublin European Council (urges British budget rebate) [“arrangement would last as long as the problem”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Nov 30 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after Dublin European Council |
|
79 Dec 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: No.10 record of conversation (MT plenary meeting with President Carter) [Iran, Rhodesia, Middle East, energy, Northern Ireland, defence] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: No.10 record of conversation (MT restricted meeting with President Carter) [Diego Garcia; China; Cambodia] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT, Carter, Vance, Brzezinski, Lord Carrington) [“The successor to Polaris”] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Dec 23 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary |
US: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington) |
|
79 Dec 24 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
USSR invaded Afghanistan |
|
79 Dec 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [“extremely grave development”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Dec 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
|
79 Dec 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter phone call to Giscard (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
|
79 Dec 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter phone call to Schmidt (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
|
79 Dec 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Brezhnev (Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) [“profoundly disturbed”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Dec 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Brezhnev letter to Carter (defending Afghanistan invasion) [declassified 1995] |
|
79 Dec 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (PM’s letter to Brezhnev) [MT “profoundly disturbed at recent developments in Afghanistan”] [released 2010] |
|
80 Jan 2 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Steel strike began (ended 3 April) |
|
80 Jan 6 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for London Weekend Television Weekend World |
|
80 Jan 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Signor Cossiga) [detente, US-European relations, world affairs] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Jan 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Gibraltar: FCO letter to British Embassy Madrid (“The Armero Affair” ) [Lisbon Declaration negotiations] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Jan 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter note (British & European reaction to Afghanistan invasion “very weak”) [unclassified] |
|
80 Jan 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Cossiga) [European Community: UK contribution to the budget] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Feb 17 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversations (MT phone calls with Joseph, Whitelaw, Havers, Howe) [picketing at Hadfields] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 25 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama |
|
80 Feb 28 Th |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Economic and Industrial Policies] [audio] |
|
80 Feb 28 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Economic and Industrial Policies] |
|
80 Mar 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Monetary Policy: Biffen minute for Chancellor (“Medium Term Financial Strategy”) [minutes disagreement, copied to MT & Wass] [declassified 2013] |
|
80 Mar 25 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Budget |
|
80 Mar 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1980 Budget (Howe 2) |
|
80 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sherman minute to MT ("Need for Better Economic Advice - in re Alan Walters") [Walters ready to return from US if made a reasonable offer] [released 2011] |
|
80 Apr 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Cossiga) [European Council: budget] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Apr 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Cossiga) [European Council: Iran] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 May 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Trade Unions: Gow minute to MT (“Employment Bill”) [Chief Whip knows Ian Percival is behind dissent to Clause 16] [released 2011] |
|
80 Jun 2 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Cabinet agreed European budget proposal |
|
80 Jun 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau) [extract] [reflections on Venice summit] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jun 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada) [extract] [patriation of Canadian Constitution, Anglo-Canadian air talks, G7 summit in Venice] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jul 3 Th |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 17 to 16 per cent |
|
80 Jul 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Monetary Policy: Biffen minute for Chancellor (“Incomes, Inflation & Unemployment”) [“there really is not much difference in substance between us”] [declassified 2013] |
|
80 Aug 4 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: The New Conservatism (Lecture to the Bow Group) |
|
80 Sep 10 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Falklands: Ridley secret meeting with Argentinians to explore leaseback (ended 11 Sep) |
|
80 Sep 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falklands (Ridley-Cavandoli secret meeting near Geneva, 10-11 Sep) [leaseback with 99 year term agreed as basis to proceed] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Sep 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: McMahon minute for Governor (“The Bank’s position on monetary policy”) [“The PM has told us that she would like to have the exchange rate lower”] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Sep 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Nott letter to Carrington (“Trade with the Soviet Union”) [protecting UK’s competitive position] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Sep 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Governor phone call to Lankester) ["uncomfortable meeting ... the Governor should not be alarmed about it"] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Sep 22 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Iran-Iraq war began |
|
80 Sep 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Treasury record of conversation (“Economic Strategy”) [Wass, Ryrie & Burns propose change of course] [released 2011] |
|
80 Sep 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Lavelle draft paper (“Inflow controls and other options for reducing the exchange rate”) [pros and cons] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Sep 25 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Ryrie & McMahon) [Wass, Ryrie & Burns urge public sector pay freeze] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Sep 28 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Lawson minute to Chancellor ("Reducing the exchange rate: inflow controls & other options") [inflow controls offering cover] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Oct 10 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (‘the lady’s not for turning’) [film extract 1] |
|
80 Oct 10 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (‘the lady’s not for turning’) [film extract 2] |
|
80 Oct 10 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (‘the lady’s not for turning’) [audio] |
|
80 Oct 10 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference ('the lady's not for turning') [“The Reason Why”] |
|
80 Oct 13 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: No. 10 record of conversation (Monetary Policy Seminar) [system of monetary control; debate over future monetary policy] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Oct 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Wass minute to Couzens (“The Exchange Rate”) [Wass called to No.10 for talk with MT] [released 2011] |
|
80 Oct 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: McMahon minute for Governor (“The Roll-over and policy generally: tomorrow’s meeting with the Chancellor”) [“the exchange rate now cries out for action”] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Oct 23 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: SCC meeting on “Polish Contingencies” [declassified 2000] |
|
80 Oct 24 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Treasury record of conversation among officials (“The Exchange Rate: Contingency Planning”) [“possibilities for action if the exchange rate continued to move upward”] [released 2011] |
|
80 Oct 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: McMahon minute for Governor (“Policy and the exchange rate”) [“The level of the exchange rate is now clearly intolerable ”] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Oct 31 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Hong Kong: FCO briefing to No.10 (“Sir Y K Pao”) [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Nov 4 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Reagan elected US President |
|
80 Nov 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(80) 23rd (Falkland Islands, Health of the Alliance) [OD approves Ridley putting leaseback to Falkland Islanders] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Nov 10 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet |
|
80 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Treasury minute to No.10 ("The financial effects of a 2 point cut in MLR") [markets getting ready to accept - medium-term will depend on budget] [released 2011] |
|
80 Nov 20 Th |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Debate on Address] [audio] |
|
80 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Nov 20 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Debate on the Address] |
|
80 Nov 22 Sa |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Falklands: Ridley's second visit, urging leaseback - mixed reception (ended 29 Nov) |
|
80 Nov 25 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Interest rates reduced 2 per cent, from 16 to 14 per cent |
|
80 Dec 1 Mo |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservativsm: “Lord Vaizey’s change of party” (announces conversion from Labour to Conservative) |
|
80 Dec 2 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Falklands: HC statement by Nick Ridley on leaseback - mauled by MPs |
|
80 Dec 2 Tu |
Multimedia |
Key |
Nicholas Ridley |
HC: Statement by Nicholas Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [minister savaged] [audio] |
|
80 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's statement") [leaseback - "Mr Ridley had an awful time in the House this afternoon"] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Cockfield minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1981 Budget") [sighting shot] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Biffen minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1981 Budget") [sighting shot] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Cropper minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1981 Budget") [sighting shot] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Lawson minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1981 Budget") [sighting shot] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Rees minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1981 Budget") [sighting shot] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Adam Ridley minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Budget Questionnaire") [sighting shot] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Wiggins minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1981 Budget") [sighting shot responses from HMT ministers and advisors] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Budget: Cardona minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1981 Budget") [sighting shot] [declassified 2012] |
|
81 Jan 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Alan Walters diary (1981) [whole year transcribed as a single document] [released 2013] |
|
81 Jan 4 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Ingham minute for MT ("Note for the Record") ["Rupert Murdoch Lunch"] [released 2012] |
|
81 Jan 5 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Reshuffle: Stevas, Maude left cabinet; Biffen to Trade, Nott to Defence, Pym to lead House of Commons; Brittan joined as Chief Secretary, Fowler at Transport |
|
81 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Economy: Alan Walters diary (first meetings with MT as economic adviser) ["What should she do about Geoffrey? Who could she promote. No one"] [released 2012] |
|
81 Jan 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Economy: Alan Walters diary (meeting with MT) [MT on Niehans: "no one must know about it"] [released 2012] |
|
81 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: Thatcherism in Practice: A Progress Report (Speech to Zurich Society of Economics) |
|
81 Jan 17 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Monetary policy: Hoskyns diary (Chequers meeting) [discussion of “PSBR crisis”] |
|
81 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (inaugural congratulations) [unclassified] |
|
81 Jan 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: No.10 telcon (Reagan phone call to MT on inauguration day) [MT promises to brief him on her mistakes] [declassified 2010] |
|
81 Jan 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The 1981 Budget") [urges £1b "industrial package" & direct action to reduce sterling 5-10 per cent] [declassified 2011] |
|
81 Feb 2 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Lawson minute for Chancellor ("The Money Supply Target") [separate monetary & fiscal targets perhaps better than £M3] [declassified 2011] |
|
81 Feb 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor's meeting with Governor) ["Monetary Policy & the Budget"] [declassified 2011] |
|
81 Feb 10 Tu |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
NCB announced pit closures (abandoned 18 Feb) |
|
81 Feb 10 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nott, Carrington) [future defence policy/cutbacks] [declassified 2013] |
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81 Feb 10 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (MT meeting with Chancellor, Wass, etc) [Budget discussion - no decisions] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Feb 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (MT meeting with Chancellor, Wass, etc) [Howe thinks PSBR below £11b not "politically possible"] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Feb 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (budget discussion) [MT & Howe rejecting draconian budget as "not on politically"] |
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81 Feb 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Lawson minute for Chancellor ("Competitiveness & the Exchange Rate") [response to Wass working group] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Feb 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Monetary Policy: Middleton minute for Chancellor (“Niehans”) [analysis of his report] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe now wants to raise basic rate in order to increase allowances; MT agrees] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Feb 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Monetary Policy: Lawson minute for Chancellor (“Niehans”) [Middleton critique “wholly valid”] [declassified 2012] |
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81 Feb 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Walters, Hoskyns & Wolfson minute to MT ("Budget Strategy") [necessity of a tough budget] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Feb 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Economy: Alan Walters diary (MT meeting with Howe & Wass) [“PM told GH he must get the PSBR down or ‘you are for the chop’”] [released 2012] |
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81 Feb 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Budget: Alan Walters diary (MT-Howe-Wass budget meeting) [MT telling Howe get down PSBR or "you are for the chop"] [released 2012] |
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81 Feb 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor & Wass) [MT 'dismayed' at £11.25b PSBR, but accepted Howe rejection of increased basic rate] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Feb 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting with ministers & officials) [decisions to freeze income tax & CTT thresholds, reducing PSBR by further £1b] [declassified 2011] |
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81 Feb 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe reports decision to freeze thresholds & reduce PSBR below £11b] [declassified 2011] |