Margaret Thatcher
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Thatcher’s thunderbolt: becoming Tory leader, 50 years ago
Reflections on Margaret Thatcher’s shock victory 50 years ago this week in the leadership election that…
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Headlines from my 50 year old childhood scrapbook
Do any children today keep a scrapbook? It seems very unlikely given almost every aspect of…
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How Keir Starmer’s woes echo Thatcher’s grim opening years
This is a bleak midwinter for Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Elected by a landslide just six…
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Fifty years ago: second election in a year
Fifty years ago today, I broke the light in the loft of our Cardiff home. I…
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Just blaming the Tories isn’t enough for Starmer
Labour won a landslide victory in July’s general election, as the Conservative Party was swept from…
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The miners’ strike, 40 years on
It was one of my strangest dreams. I was in a chip shop in the Rhondda…
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The Falklands war, 40 years on
I never expected Britain to be at war when I prepared to sit my A levels…
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25 years ago today: Margaret Thatcher resigns
Remembering the day Margaret Thatcher resigned.
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Margaret Thatcher – the woman who changed Britain
Margaret Thatcher made history. She was Britain’s first woman prime minister – a landmark that will…
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Behind the scenes at 10 Downing Street
It’s the most famous address in Britain. And on Thursday 6 May, it’s likely to have…