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1 day ago · Margaret Thatcher (born October 13, 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England—died April 8, 2013, London) was a British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe’s first woman prime minister.
3 days ago · The Margaret Thatcher government (1979–90) Economic Statistician, Society of Business Economists, London. Coauthor of Profit and Personality in Retailing. Assistant Master and Professor of History, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. Consultant editor for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
1 day 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.
5 days ago · Thatcherism, the political and economic ideas and policies advanced by Margaret Thatcher, Conservative prime minister (1979–90) of the United Kingdom, particularly those involving the privatization of nationalized industries, a limited role for government, free markets, low taxes, individuality, and self-determination.
1 day ago · Thatcher's approach to Northern Ireland, 1979–1984 Margaret Thatcher, with her husband Denis (left), visiting Northern Ireland in 1982. Thatcher's outlook on Northern Ireland had an inherently unionist position; she wanted a military victory over the IRA and for "integration", that is, treating Northern Ireland like the rest of the UK, rather than having separate laws and political processes.
2 days ago · The new book examines the escalating tension between the broadcast media and the Thatcher government over various flashpoints in the Northern Irish conflict, including the 1981 hunger strike by IRA prisoners; a deadly IRA bombing attempt that Thatcher narrowly escaped; the killing of three Provisional IRA members in Gibraltar, followed by a ...
20 hours ago · John Major's term as the prime minister of the United Kingdom began on 28 November 1990 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Margaret Thatcher, and ended on 2 May 1997 following the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1997 general election by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair.
