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A policy to boost growth now? Thatcher had the answer
If Labour is serious about generating growth, it needs to find creative ways to attract investment. By drawing inspiration ...
9. Making a good impression
From recording sketches on the Crossroads set to the infamous Margaret Thatcher puppet. Spitting Image was produced at the former ATV Centre in Birmingham in the 80s and 90s. Features a specially ...
On This Day: Former Watford MP's tribute to Margaret Thatcher after her death
On this day in 2013, Watford’s former Conservative MP paid tribute to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, expressing his belief that ...
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Margaret Thatcher’s secret dealings with the Argentine military junta that invaded the Falklands
The then-prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, held a friendly meeting with a leading member of the junta in Downing Street in 1980 while Britain’s ambassador in Argentina regarded the promotion of ...
The Rev Richard Coles: I vowed to dance on Thatcher’s grave – then I met her
The author and former musician said that when he came across her at a funeral she was just a ‘frail old woman’ ...
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Why Margaret Thatcher was loved — and hated
It may be difficult for many Americans to truly grasp the complex, alienating legacy of Margaret Thatcher. No recent political figure here in the U.S. was so equally loved and hated at the end of ...
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Former Health Secretary who served under Thatcher and Major to stand for election
A former health secretary who served under Margaret Thatcher and John Major is to stand in the coming county council ...
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Review: Handbagged
I still have raw memories at the forefront of my mind.