#Margaret Thatcher

Stories tagged “Margaret Thatcher”.

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When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in April 1982, Margaret Thatcher faced the greatest crisis of her premiership. She gambled…

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Politics Jan 17, 2025 • 8 min read

The 1984-85 miners' strike was the longest and most bitter industrial dispute in British history. Margaret Thatcher's government faced down…

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Politics Jan 16, 2025 • 9 min read

Margaret Thatcher's Community Charge — the poll tax — was meant to revolutionise local government finance. Instead, it sparked the largest…

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