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PDF 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”)
PDF 74 Sep 6 Fr Press Key Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: “The Sharp Shock of Truth” (leading article on KJ speech at Preston)
Text 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)
Text 80 Dec 1 Mo Press Key Commentary (The Times) Conservativsm: “Lord Vaizey’s change of party” (announces conversion from Labour to Conservative)
Text 81 Mar 10 Tu Press Key Thatcher memoirs Economy: The 1981 budget [memoirs extract]
Text 81 Sep 15 Tu Press Key Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "Three Cabinet ministers sacked" (reshuffle) [purging the wets]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Press Key Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “We Are All Falklanders Now” [leading article urging Carrington's resignation]
Text 82 May 31 Mo Press Key Commentary (Sunday Times) Falklands: Reagan phone call to Thatcher (urges ceasefire)
PDF 83 Jul 5 Tu Press Key Commentary (The Times) Coal: "'Pit leaders seek backing for big pay increase" [Scargill: “A fightback … will inevitably take place outside rather than inside Parliament”]
Text 83 Sep 8 Th Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: Chequers Seminar on future of the Soviet Union [memoirs extract]
Text 83 Sep 29 Th Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting in Washington (record of conversation) [memoirs extract]
PDF 83 Oct 6 Th Press Key Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "'Parkinson admits love affair" (Parkinson admits relationship with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 14 Fr Press Key Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "I implored him to tell Thatcher" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [Keays interview]
Text 83 Oct 25 Tu Press Key Thatcher memoirs Grenada: Thatcher letter to Reagan ("deeply disturbed" at US plans) [memoirs extract]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Press Key Thatcher memoirs Northern Ireland: The Brighton Bomb [memoirs extract]
Text 84 Dec 16 Su Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: The Gorbachevs visit Chequers [memoirs extract]
Text 84 Dec 22 Sa Press Key Shultz (George) Cold War: MT’s visit to Camp David (Shultz memoirs)
Text 84 Dec 22 Sa Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (account of conversation) [memoirs extract]
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Press Key Commentary (The Times) Oxford: “Oxford votes to snub Thatcher” (Congregation rejects honorary degree 738:319)
PDF 85 Mar 4 Mo Press Key Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Strike ends but Scargill defiant” [NUM vote to end strike without agreement]
Text 86 Apr 15 Tu Press Key Shultz (George) Cold War: US bombing of Libya (Shultz memoirs)
Text 86 Oct 12 Su Press Key Shultz (George) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (Shultz memoirs)
Text 90 Aug 2 Th Press Key Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: Visiting Aspen [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Aug 6 Mo Press Key Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: Bush-Thatcher meeting in Washington [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Nov 20 Tu Press Key Thatcher memoirs Falling from power: Hearing the result of the first ballot [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Nov 22 Th Press Key Thatcher memoirs Falling from power: Cabinet overboard [memoirs extract]
Text 93 Oct 3 Su Press Key Commentary (Scotland on Sunday) Leadership elections: “Thatcher: The Inside Story” (George Younger’s recollections of 1989-90)
Text 03 Jun 26 Th Press Key Commentary (Daily Telegraph & BBC) Obituary: Thatcher [Sir Denis] (1915-2003)
Text 03 Jun 27 Fr Press Key Commentary (Daily Telegraph) MT & DT: “Denis - a sound judge of men who chose a great woman” (Bill Deedes tribute)
Text 04 Jun 5 Sa Press Key Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (1911-2004) [US President 1981-89]
Text 05 Jul 17 Su Press Key Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Heath [Edward] (1916-2005) [Prime Minister 1970-74]
Text 09 Sep 11 Fr Press Key Commentary (The Times) German unification: “Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German unification” (documents from Gorbachev Archive) [“Britain & Western Europe are not interested in the unification of Germany”]
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