#Thatcher

Oisín Murphy-Lawless

BikesNBukes

It's State Papers day in Ireland, and as pointed out on RTE, 1990 is a particularly good year as Ireland held the presidency of the European Community, so there's a

John Yossarian

LuthRob

The BBC has announced that dancers in its hugely popular show “ Strictly Come Dancing” will no longer be allowed to do any left turns. Any dancer who does do

SonaliRanade

sonaliranade

B4 Thatcher took on the coal miners, she had already decided to shut coal mines & switch to North Sea Oil as energy source, in which the UK had a

@DaveCohencomedy

DaveCohencomedy

Short thread: With live entertainment being allowed to die by the government (and everything that benefits from it eg TV. tourism), it's worth remembering that the greatest contribution to stand-up

Brian 👁️

Lefty_Jew

Ah yes, the famously non violent death squads that Thatcher funded in Ireland.https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1340774362769571842 Parenti has a few lectures where he gets bombarded by a bunch of terf-ie sounding feminists in

Pam Jarvis

Dr_Pam_Jarvis

I’ve been thinking about the differences between the Thatcher govt and the Johnson govt. I hated the Thatcher govt. They came to power in the first general election I voted

Redcountessa

Redcountessa

Things that have been removed from my life since Thatcher. Feel free to add & pass it on!FREE University educationFREE Adult EducationA GP that came to my home for routine

Steve W

StevenW69808657

Here's what I remember about Thatcher: being 10 years old and a girl getting taking out of class and then 5 minutes later coming back into class as white as

Matthew Hodson

Matthew_Hodson

Today is 17 years since Section 28 was repealed in England & Wales (Scotland got there earlier).I was at Uni when it became law. It pushed me to come out.

Tax Hikes Bernstein

EricHBernstein

Watching The Crown and finally got to Margaret Thatcher's entrance. Only an ep in but so far I really appreciate the portrayal of her fanatical--almost anti-establishment--zeal, which is a (maybe

George J. Severs

GeorgeSevers10

That sound you all heard was historians of HIV/AIDS wincing at this. https://twitter.com/thattimwalker/status/1352914766440894464 The Terry Higgins Trust, the precursor to THT, was founded in November 1982. They raised money for

Aaron Bady

zunguzungu

The episode of The Crown with the unemployed guy who sees his life destroyed by Thatcher isn't perfect, but it's a really surprising thing for the show to include, given

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1975. Margaret Thatcher becomes Conservative Party leader.Seen as a party in terminal electoral decline, pundits wondered whether they could ever win again with their first woman leaderA thread revisiting

Zac Goldsmith

ZacGoldsmith

1/ Thread:In all the gossip surrounding events in N10, the most striking (and depressing) thing is how many commentators think stopping the desecration of this, the only planet we inhabit

Daniel Cremin ✂️

DanielCreminUK

While Thatcher cared about the common ground, she knew it wasn't the liberal 'centre-ground'. I see this whenever I re-read MT's speeches/interviews. MT had great surety of purpose, but also

Dr. Thrasher, jouRNAlist

thrasherxy

It's been good to be in communication w friends in the UK. At the start of COVID, I assumed the NHS would address the pandemic much better than US patchwork

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