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Jun 20, 2024 · Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to serve as a prime minister in Europe and Britain’s longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. She was also the only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms.
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10 hours ago · In 2002, Margaret Thatcher said her greatest achievement was ‘Tony Blair and New Labour’. David Cameron could say the same about Keir Starmer The Conservative party has spent the past 14 years ...
3 days ago · Margaret Thatcher's term as the prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 4 May 1979 when she accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, and ended on 28 November 1990 upon her resignation.
Jun 14, 2024 · The Scottish actress, born in 1923, made a career of it: she started doing impressions on the Mike Yarwood Show in the late 1970s, and was soon in the Filofax of every TV talent booker. She ...
Jun 19, 2024 · Margaret Thatcher, 1983. (more) In the subsequent election, in May 1979, the Conservatives under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher were swept into power with the largest electoral swing since 1945, securing a 43-seat majority.
Jun 14, 2024 · Harriet Walter has become the latest acting heavyweight to play Margaret Thatcher as she is revealed to be starring in a new show about the former prime minister.
Jun 12, 2024 · The moment in the 1979 general election coverage when it is confirmed that Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives have an overall majority.
