A multi-disciplinary network for researchers of Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism. “Thatcher’s Ministers” forthcoming with Palgrave.
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Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Advocate 1979-84 and Lord Chancellor 1987-97, has died age 99
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On this day 50 years ago, Tory MPs cast their votes in the first round of the 1975 Conservative leadership election.
Margaret Thatcher topped the ballot, leading to Edward Heath's resignation as party leader.
This document, signed by the scrutineers, confirmed the result. 👇
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📢Biteback Publishing has acquired a study of Margaret Thatcher’s premier emeritus years, written by @PeterDJust and released in July 2025 to coincide with her centenary.
Read more: bitebackpublishing.com/annou…
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RIP John Nott, who has passed away at the age of 92. The last living National Liberal MP, he was Thatcher’s first Trade Secretary and then Defence Secretary during the Falklands.
Called his memoirs “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” after his memorable 1982 run in with Sir Robin Day.
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Remembering Margaret Thatcher, who was born #onthisday in 1925. Her portrait was commissioned from me in 2009 by the then PM Gordon Brown, to hang permanently in 10 Downing Street.
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40 years ago this morning, an IRA bomb went off in the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
5 people were killed - including an MP - and more than 30 were hurt, some with lifechanging injuries.
Remarkably, the conference continued. The prime minister opened with these words:
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A memo from Margaret Thatcher's Principal Private Secretary regarding the logistics of a reshuffle. This is from PREM 5/606/1.
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MAIL: Outrage as Starmer removes Maggie’s portrait #TomorrowsPapersToday
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🤭 Seeing this @thatchernetwork post about Margaret Thatcher's 'Foreign Secretaries' reminds us of Lady Thatcher's comments about her Foreign Secretaries on 20 November 1991 when, during a speech on the European Community, she called Douglas Hurd 'my Foreign Secretary'.
![Extract from House of Commons speech by Margaret Thatcher on 20 November 1991. Mrs. Thatcher A little more patience. It was never the intention, I believe, of the founders of the European Community that the Commission should try to exercise its control over every aspect of a nation's life in that way. Again, I was very grateful to my Foreign Secretary—[Laughter.] It is perfectly all right—my right hon. Friend is used to both praise and blame from me. Agreed? Excellent. Good. Mr. Hurd My right hon. Friend had a number of Foreign Secretaries in her time. I accept the tribute on behalf of them all. Mrs. Thatcher I am not quite sure whether he should.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRU9QqwWMAARwMf.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Extract from House of Commons speech by Margaret Thatcher on 20 November 1991. Mrs. Thatcher A little more patience. It was never the intention, I believe, of the founders of the European Community that the Commission should try to exercise its control over every aspect of a nation's life in that way. Again, I was very grateful to my Foreign Secretary—[Laughter.] It is perfectly all right—my right hon. Friend is used to both praise and blame from me. Agreed? Excellent. Good. Mr. Hurd My right hon. Friend had a number of Foreign Secretaries in her time. I accept the tribute on behalf of them all. Mrs. Thatcher I am not quite sure whether he should.
The "Foreign Secretaries" section of our Thatcher's Ministers project continues its summer tour.
Following its @BATW appearance last week, it is soon to return at @TransAtStudies 2024 conference, 9am on Wednesday 10th July.
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@OfficialBAAS @TransAtStudies @thatchernetwork @ReaganInstitute @HOTCUS @Thatcher_legacy @YSJEvents It’s 40 years since 1984 - a pivotal year in history, politics, arts, and culture! All welcome to present at and/or attend an online symposium about it: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984-a-sy…
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Today is the 49th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher becoming Leader of the Opposition. Here she is that same year with Delaware Senator Joe Biden.
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"Someone once asked me have I had my face lifted. I said it hadn't dropped yet."
—Margaret Thatcher, Behind the Scenes Pre-Interview Footage for ITN (1984)
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'I'm told you were marvellous this afternoon, as always...'
Margaret Thatcher, the newly elected prime minister, greets Harold Macmillan at the Somerville College centenary garden party. Thatcher was attending as an alumna; Macmillan as Chancellor of the University. (July 1979)
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Why did Keir Starmer pen the 'Margaret Thatcher' article for the Telegraph? Our research suggests it may yield votes theconversation.com/why-did-… via @ConversationUK
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And the answer ... <drumroll> ... is Margaret Thatcher, warning the UN General Assembly in 1989 that "There will be no profit ... for anyone if pollution continues to destroy our planet".
Well done to all who guessed (or googled) correctly!
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Quiz question! Which UK PM said this?
"We should always remember that free markets are a means to an end.
They would defeat their object if ... they did more damage to the quality of life through pollution than the wellbeing they achieve by the production of goods and services"
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“Thatcherite economics are not really Conservative because in my part of the world in South Yorkshire, in Stocksbridge, in a steel town, Thatcherism destroyed our local economy.”
A left wing labour MP? A Novara contributor? Nope, a Tory MP. telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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A very interesting article on Thatcher’s legacy in Wales, ten years on from her death. However, having thought I’d slightly cornered the market, I’d like to know who these two interloper historians of Welsh Conservatism, Blaxman and Blaxham, are... irishtimes.com/world/uk/2023…
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Everything you wanted to know about "One Nation Conservatism from Disraeli to Johnson" but were too afraid to ask. Free to read journal special issue. Maybe useful for politics students and teachers, as well as the terminally curious. journals.openedition.org//rf…
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Calling all academics - from postgraduate, early career to top profs! If your work relates to the 1980s, this new international network may be for you! @ReaganInstitute @thatchernetwork @YSJHistory @YSJAmStuds networks.h-net.org/node/7337…