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May 2, 2024 · Hello From The Other Side: Thatcher's Rise To Power. In half a century just three opposition leaders have become prime minister. 45 years after Margaret Thatcher arrived in Downing Street, Matt hears from the people who knew her best - including Conservative colleagues Ken Clarke, Jonathan Aitken, and David Howell, aide turned author Michael ...
14 hours ago · Lives, dreams, friendships, families, finances were destroyed. “This disaster was not an accident. “The infections happened because those in authority – doctors, the blood services and successive governments – did not put patient safety first. The response of those in authority served to compound people’s suffering.”.
1 day ago · Premiership of Margaret Thatcher. 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.
3 days ago · October 13, 2005 - Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher celebrates her 80th birthday. The "Iron Lady" won three successsive election victories and was the longest-serving British premier of the 20th century. A pioneer of privatisation, her policies revived Britain's economic fortunes and curbed the power of militant trade unions ...
May 1, 2024 · LONDON – The BBC has dropped former premier Margaret Thatcher's daughter from one of its programmes after she used the word "golliwog" to describe a tennis player, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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May 4, 2024 · Margaret Thatcher became the United Kingdom's first female prime minister on this day in history, May 4, 1979, at age 54 — and led the U.K. for nearly 12 years, earning the moniker "Iron Lady ...
May 2, 2024 · Iron Daughter: Carol Thatcher After Labour's decisive win in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, Keir Starmer channelled Michael Caine and claimed the party had 'blown the doors off'. But does the result mean he's now on the way to Number 10?