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Articles for Mrs Thatcher

Richard Allen, Reagan’s National Security Adviser who helped establish warm relations with Mrs Thatcher
1 month ago

Richard Allen, Reagan’s National Security Adviser who helped establish warm relations with Mrs Thatcher

The Telegraph  

Richard Allen, who has died aged 88, advised Ronald Reagan on foreign policy, worked on his presidential campaigns in 1976 and 1980 and in January 1981, when Reagan entered the White House, was appointed his first national security adviser. In July 1980, during the presidential election campaign, Reagan dispatched Allen and Bill Casey, another aide, to visit Mrs Thatcher in …

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Sir John Nott dead aged 92: Tributes to Margaret Thatcher's defence secretary who famously walked out of BBC interview and offered to resign over Falklands War
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sir John Nott dead aged 92: Tributes to Margaret Thatcher's defence secretary who famously walked out of BBC interview and offered to resign over Falklands War

Daily Mail  

Tributes have been paid to Conservative grandee Sir John Nott after his death aged 92. Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel said: 'John Nott was an inspiring Defence Secretary and politician who stood up, alongside Margaret Thatcher, to aggression. In October 1982, Sir John walked out of an interview with broadcaster Robin Day during the Conservative Party conference Day had repeatedly …

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Lord Renwick of Clifton, Thatcher-era ambassador whose deft diplomacy speeded apartheid’s end
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lord Renwick of Clifton, Thatcher-era ambassador whose deft diplomacy speeded apartheid’s end

The Telegraph  

Robin William Renwick was born on December 13 1937, the son of Richard Renwick and the former Clarice Henderson. After Mrs Thatcher came to power and Lord Carrington convened the Lancaster House talks, Renwick and Charles Powell went from one delegation’s hotel room to another stitching together a settlement. In 1984 Renwick returned to the Foreign Office as assistant under-secretary …

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Sir Keir Starmer has been resolute in standing against street violence
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sir Keir Starmer has been resolute in standing against street violence

The Independent  

Something has changed in the past 43 years. Whatever narrative ideologues of left or right try to construct around street violence, “nothing can excuse” it. One of the narratives promoted by apologists for the rioters of Southport, Hartlepool and Sunderland is that Sir Keir is responsible for “two-tier policing”, meaning that the police treat “left-wing” demonstrators more leniently than “right-wing” …

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Frank Field told me: ‘Allowing Gordon Brown into No 10 would be like letting Mrs Rochester out of the attic’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Frank Field told me: ‘Allowing Gordon Brown into No 10 would be like letting Mrs Rochester out of the attic’

The Independent  

Frank Field was a mass of contradictions. Field said: “Allowing Gordon Brown into No 10 would be like letting Mrs Rochester out of the attic. In the event, it didn’t stop Brown from becoming prime minister – though it could be argued his torrid time in Downing Street and subsequent election defeat bore out Field’s reservations. He said: “Frank had …

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MI5's efforts to stop a report on a rogue spy being seen by MI6 led to Margaret Thatcher limiting Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe's use of the document, papers reveal
11 months, 3 weeks ago

MI5's efforts to stop a report on a rogue spy being seen by MI6 led to Margaret Thatcher limiting Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe's use of the document, papers reveal

Daily Mail  

MI5 was so desperate to stop fellow MI6 spooks seeing the full bombshell report into how one of its agents went rogue that Margaret Thatcher limited her foreign secretary's use of the document, newly released papers reveal. Mrs Thatcher was told Sir Geoffrey Howe had asked to see the Security Commission's full investigation into the case of Michael Bettaney, an …

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Sir Keir Starmer criticised for crediting Margaret Thatcher’s ‘sense of purpose’
1 year ago

Sir Keir Starmer criticised for crediting Margaret Thatcher’s ‘sense of purpose’

The Independent  

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Gazza's confession that Thatcher left him aroused at Downing Street drags Channel 4 to a new low
1 year, 8 months ago

Gazza's confession that Thatcher left him aroused at Downing Street drags Channel 4 to a new low

Daily Mail  

Channel 4 will hit a new low tonight with a vulgar confession from former England footballer Paul Gascoigne over a visit to Downing Street when he met Margaret Thatcher. Gascoigne, now 55, who posed for pictures with Mrs Thatcher, confesses to participants on the show – including Scarlett Moffatt and former boxer Chris Eubank – that he became aroused after …

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Lord Lawson of Blaby, brilliant tax-cutting Chancellor of the Thatcher era – obituary
1 year, 8 months ago

Lord Lawson of Blaby, brilliant tax-cutting Chancellor of the Thatcher era – obituary

The Telegraph  

Mrs Thatcher had long been opposed to membership of the ERM, seeing it as putting Britain on the runway to European Economic and Monetary Union, as indeed was the ambition of the European Commission President Jacques Delors, though Lawson himself, as a Eurosceptic, had no intention of seeing the pound subsumed into a single currency. The same month an article …

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Liz Truss to become UK’s third female prime minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Liz Truss to become UK’s third female prime minister

The Independent  

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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The greatest leaders have turned despair into triumph
2 years, 11 months ago

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The greatest leaders have turned despair into triumph

Daily Mail  

Of all the great political virtues, the most underestimated is sheer resilience. At his hangdog nadir last week — that interview with Sky News' Beth Rigby — Boris Johnson didn't look like anybody's idea of a fighter. Not only is Mr Johnson's career littered with astonishing comebacks, but history is full of prime ministers who seemed doomed beyond recovery, only …

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The Crown's Imelda Staunton gets into character as Queen Elizabeth II for series 5 filming debut
3 years, 4 months ago

The Crown's Imelda Staunton gets into character as Queen Elizabeth II for series 5 filming debut

Daily Mail  

Imelda Staunton was pictured on the set of The Crown series 5 for the first time on Monday as she got stuck into her role as Queen Elizabeth II. Her Royal Highness: The very first image of Imelda Staunton in character as Queen Elizabeth II was revealed on Friday Big role: Imelda is the next actress to take over the …

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The Crown series 5: FIRST LOOK at Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama
3 years, 4 months ago

The Crown series 5: FIRST LOOK at Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama

Daily Mail  

The very first image of Imelda Staunton in character as Queen Elizabeth II in series 5 of The Crown has been revealed. Big role: Imelda, 65, is the next actress to take over the role as the Queen, following on from Olivia Colman and Claire Foy Poignant portrayal: The final two series of The Crown will cover the Royal Family's …

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Peter Morgan will end The Crown after season six
3 years, 5 months ago

Peter Morgan will end The Crown after season six

Daily Mail  

The Crown has covered controversies from Royal affairs to family feuds but it's conveniently going to end in the early 2000s and miss of perhaps some of the most controversial storylines of all. Moving on: Suzanna Mackie revealed that the Royal drama will come to an end in the early 2000s, when Prince Harry and William were just teenagers, meaning …

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Thirty years on, a gripping account of Margaret Thatcher's downfall
4 years ago

Thirty years on, a gripping account of Margaret Thatcher's downfall

Daily Mail  

In June 1987, Margaret Thatcher was elected for a third term with the slogan 'Moving Forward With Maggie'. In early November 1990, Mrs Thatcher's longest serving cabinet minister, Geoffrey Howe, resigned dramatically, revealing the schisms that were beginning to rip the party apart. In June 1987, Margaret Thatcher was elected for a third term but just three years later, the …

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Two Royal Navy Commanders accuse Netflix of 'misrepresenting' Queen's attitude to Argentine war
4 years ago

Two Royal Navy Commanders accuse Netflix of 'misrepresenting' Queen's attitude to Argentine war

Daily Mail  

Two Royal Navy commanders who fought in the Falklands War have accused The Crown of 'offensively misrepresenting' the Queen over her attitude towards British troops during the 1982 campaign. Admiral Lord West, whose frigate HMS Ardent was sunk by the Argentines, and Rear Admiral Chris Parry, who flew daring helicopter sorties in the South Atlantic, said programme-makers have used fictitious …

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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden demands Netflix make it clear The Crown is 'fiction'
4 years ago

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden demands Netflix make it clear The Crown is 'fiction'

Daily Mail  

Oliver Dowden last night demanded that Netflix make clear The Crown is 'fiction'. There are deepening concerns that fabricated scenes written by screenwriter Peter Morgan are doing lasting damage to the monarchy and Prince Charles in particular This weekend, it emerged that Netflix will begin paying tax on revenues it makes from British subscribers from January 1. Mr Morgan met …

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