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          immigration
117
,
200–1

          mortgage policy
144
,
147
,
251

          National Health Service (NHS)
378–80
,
402
,
523
,
535–6

          privatisation
117–18
,
380–2
,
403–4
,
501

          public expenditure, controlling/reducing
265–6
,
301
,
378–9
,
388
,
402

          ‘Right to Buy’ policy
144
,
250–1
,
382

          self-help philosophy
6
,
195

          trade unions
see
trade unions

          
see also
economic issues

     as Prime Minister

          cabinet
see
cabinet

          civil service
see
civil service

          economy
see
economic issues

          Exchange Rate Mechanism clashes
540–2
,
550–2

          first actions
248

          first term (1979–83)
see
first term in office (1979–83)

          foreign affairs
see
foreign policy

          leadership style
252–5
,
259
,
265
,
370
,
502

              
see also
man-management shortcomings of MT

          No. 10, inside
261–6

          prediction of becoming
114
,
118–19
,
120
,
243

          second term (1983–87)
see
second term in office (1983–87)

          third term (1987–90)
see
third term of office (1987–1990)

          ‘voices’
266
,
269–72

     in retirement

          Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, becoming
665
,
668

          final months as Member of House of Commons
660–3

          health problems
684–8

          Kuwaiti export order car crisis
672–5

          Major, attacks on
663–8

          period following downfall
7
,
653–67

          seventieth birthday
678–9

          strategic ideas and personal conversations
668–72

          travel and speech-making
656–9

          vacation activities
675–8

          writing
16
,
24–5
,
50
,
659–60

     speeches
77
,
82
,
116
,
196
,
199
,
329
,
413
,
515
,
555
,
640

          Bruges (1988)
560
,
565–73
,
592

          conference
213–14

          first at Grantham (1945)
48–9

          as Leader of the Opposition (1975–79)
50

          Lord Mayor’s Banquet, sporting analogy (November 1990)
617
,
619

          maiden, in House of Commons
88
,
91–2
,
94

          Queen’s Speech
250–1
,
395
,
397
,
531

          in retirement
656–9

          skills
18
,
32
,
50
,
74
,
92
,
114
,
180

          Soviet Union (USSR)
201–3

          Westland crisis (1986)
515

     writing
659–60

          memoirs
16
,
24–5
,
50
,
84
,
352
,
426
,
655
,
659

Thatcher, (Sir) Denis (1st Baronet)
58
,
74
,
81
,
106–7
,
196
,
321
,
341
,
386
,
432–3
,
438
,
529
,
545
,
633
,
639
,
670
,
684

     character
60
,
62
,
69
,
187
,
245

     courtship of MT
62
,
68

     death from pancreatic cancer (2003)
681–2

     dependence of MT upon
242
,
346

     on Falklands War
350
,
361

     first impressions of MT
60–1

     first marriage to Margot Kempson, break-up
68–9

     marriage to MT
57
,
68–74
,
189–90

          affected by MT’s career
104–5

          proposal and engagement
68–70

          wedding and honeymoon
71–2

     Northern Ireland and Brighton bomb
408–11
,
414

Thatcher, (Sir) Mark (2nd Baronet)
105
,
186
,
684

     alleged plot to organise coup in Equatorial New Guinea
688

     Arab deals
432–3
,
436–7

     on Falklands War
350
,
361

     on MT’s lack of maternal tactility
17
,
190

     upbringing
75
,
86

The Times
93
,
136
,
172
,
182
,
199
,
276–7
,
313
,
509

‘thermonuclear lunch’ (1979)
321–2
,
341

third term of office (1987–90)

     attempts to stabilise government
582–4

     Berlin Wall, collapse (1989)
591
,
593

     Budget of 1988 as ‘boom or bust’
546–50

     communism, collapse in Eastern Europe
591–2

     Community Charge (Poll Tax)
602–4

     Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) (1990),
627–31
,
634

     ‘elective dictatorship,’ MT’s leadership style as
370

     European policy
7
,
555–68

     Exchange Rate Mechanism, decision to join
604–8

     Kuwait invasion (1990), MT’s contribution to Western reaction
598–601

     problems

          glitches
531–2

          inability to listen
614–15
,
623
,
650

          unpopularity of MT by 1990
602–3

          Whitelaw’s resignation (1988), implications
532–6

     
see also
Community Charge (Poll Tax); Howe, Sir Geoffrey; Lawson, Nigel; man-management shortcomings of MT; Thatcher, Margaret Hilda (Baroness); Walters, Sir Alan

Thomas, Hugh (
later
Baron Thomas of Swynnerton)
205
,
270–1
,
353
,
355
,
475
,
489
,
593

Thorneycroft, Peter (Baron)
50
,
83
,
204
,
315–16
,
318

     and election campaign of 1979
233–5

three-day week (1974)
138–9
,
303

Tornado nuclear issue, Saudi Arabia
432–4

trade unions
204
,
233
,
441
,
457

     British Steel Corporation, industrial action at
305
,
377–8

     ‘charge of the Light Brigade approach’
440–1

     closed shop
89
,
233
,
304
,
441

     confrontational strategy towards
204

     first term in office of MT (1979–83)
377–9

     and David Hart
448–52

     immunities
304
,
377

     militancy
138
,
209
,
220
,
389
,
439

     miners’ strike (1984–85)
439
,
443
,
445
,
447
,
483

          collapse
5
,
454–5

     MT’s views on
89–90
,
203
,
219
,
221
,
228
,
251
,
377–8
,
439–59

     National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS), crisis involving
452–4

     picketing, secondary
221
,
233
,
304–5
,
441

     printing unions, dispute with
90–1

     problem solving
439–42

     second term in office of MT (1983–87)
439–59

     ‘softly softly’ approach (mid-1970s)
219
,
233
,
303
,
305
,
440
,
446

     
Stepping Stones
(1977)
204
,
304
,
440–2

     
see also
Scargill, Arthur; ‘winter of discontent’ (1978–79)

Trades Union Congress (TUC)
215
,
385
,
560

Treasury/Treasury Committee
4
,
542
,
604

Trevor-Roper, Hugh (
later
Baron Dacre of Glanton)
145
,
205–6

Trident (C4) nuclear weapons system
297
,
344
,
486
,
491–2

     Trident II (D5)
383

Turnbull, Andrew (
later
Baron Turnbull of Enfield)
446–7
,
640

      dispute with David Hart
449–50

unemployment,
300
,
309–10
,
312–13
,
318
,
376–7
,
398

     ‘Labour isn’t working’ (advertising campaign)
215–16

     public perception of
376–7

United Kingdom (UK)

     entry into EEC
117
,
202

     Falklands War
see
Falklands War (1982)

     as ‘sick man of Europe’
209
,
300

     special relationship with United States
31
,
119–20
,
197
,
201
,
283
,
296–8

United States of America (US)

     Air Force (9th)
31

     Anglo-American alliance
119
,
201
,
296
,
555

     bridge building between Moscow and Washington
485–8

     Camp David
466
,
486
,
489
,
492

     Falklands War
336
,
339–40

     Great Depression
10
,
314

     Grenada invasion (1983)
465–8

     Libya bombing (1986)
470–3

     MT’s visits to
119–20
,
463
,
657

     nuclear weapons modernisation
383

     special relationship with United Kingdom
31
,
119–20
,
197
,
201
,
283
,
296–8

     
see also
Kissinger, Henry; Reagan, Ronald

United Technologies (UTC)–Fiat investment in Westland
507–9
,
511–12

vacation activities
16
,
280–1
,
374
,
438
,
675–8

     in retirement
675–8

     Tusmore
438

Value Added Tax (VAT)
251–2
,
403

Wade-Gery, Robert
417

Wakeham, John (
later
Baron Wakeham of Maldon)
413
,
513
,
515
,
521
,
525
,
530
,
540
,
627
,
638–9

     and leadership contest of 1990
633
,
636

Waldegrave, William (
later
Baron Waldegrave of North Hill)
328
,
400
,
503–4
,
613
,
636–7

Walden, Brian
587
,
608
,
610

Walker, Peter (
later
Baron Walker of Worcester)
110
,
138
,
144–5
,
179
,
249–50
,
305
,
314
,
378
,
443
,
452

     and leadership contest of 1975
164
,
166

     as Wet
311
,
446

Walters, (Sir) Alan
271
,
316
,
541

     and Budget of 1981
309–11

     special relationship with MT
549
,
584–7

war cabinet (ODSA), Falklands War
344–5
,
355
,
369–70

Watergate scandal (1972)
240
,
474
,
655

Weatherill, Bernard ‘Jack’ (
later
Baron Weatherill)
6
,
225
,
392–4

Weinberger, Caspar, Falklands War
336
,
339–40

Wells, John
78–9
,
85

Westland crisis (1986)
307
,
470
,
509–16
,
613

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