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Political Background to Thatcher
What political party is thatcher ...,
When did thatcher become a conser...,
Whih constituency did thatcher wi...
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Political Developments: The 1979 election and developments up to 1982
1983 and 1987 Conservative seat majorities are included
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Political Developments: Issues with Labour and the 1983 election
What happened for labour in march...,
What year was there a split in th...,
What happened in the 1981 labour ...
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Political Developments: Issues with Northern Ireland
What was meant to be the main foc...,
What was thatcher s position on t...,
Which organisation had planted th...
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Political Developments: The Westland Affair and 1987 Election
When did the westland affair occur 1,
Who was one of the people involve...,
What was the affair over 3
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Political Developments: The departure of Whitelaw and Poll Tax
Was whitelaw a wet or a dry 1,
Despite whitelaw being a wet how ...,
What was whitelaw able to do with...
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Political Developments: The SDP after the 1987 Election
What percentage of the vote did t...,
What did the sdp liberal alliance...,
Who was the leader of the liberal...
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Overview of Thatcher
Who were the main factions in her...,
Which section of britain did that...,
Which votes did thatcher sacrific...
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Political Developments: Monetarism
What economic policy did thatcher...,
Why was introducing monetarism co...,
What 2 things did monetairsm limit 3
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Political Developments: Thatcherism and Influencers of Thatcherist Policies
What was the belief in thatcherism 1,
What approach would the governmen...,
Name a book that influenced thatc...
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Political Developments: The New Right
What decade did the new right ori...,
Which prime minister initially tr...,
Where did heath create the new ri...
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Political Developments: Wets and Drys
What did the term wets mean in th...,
What did the term drys mean in th...,
Was norman tebbit a wet or a dry 3
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Political Developments: Thatcher's Beliefs about Society
What did thatcher believed caused...,
What did thatcher want people to ...,
Which era of norms and values did...
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Political Developments: The 1979 Conservative Election Victory
What seat majority did the conser...,
What divide was reflected with th...,
How many female ministers were el...
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Political Developments: The 1980 and 1982 Employment Act
What did the 1980 employment act ...,
Why was the 1980 employment act p...,
Who was the secretary of state fo...
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Political Developments: Evidence of an Omission of Thatcherism
What was the role of keith joseph...,
Name an industrial company which ...,
How much money was the british st...
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Political Developments: July 1981 Cabinet Meeting and approval of Thatcher by 1981
Name 2 individuals that wished fo...,
How bad was this meeting for that...,
Who did thatcher start to replace...
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Political Developments: Divisions over the Labour Leader in 1980 and their 1983 Manifesto
What happened for labour in march...,
When was there a split in the lab...,
What happened in the 1981 labour ...
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Political Developments: The Looney Left
What were the looney left 1,
Which party controlled the greate...,
Where the greater london council ...
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Political Developments: The Emergence of the SDP
What year was the sdp formed to t...,
Why was the sdp formed 2,
Name 2 of the people who created ...
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Political Developments: 1983 Election Results
Which party won the 1983 election 1,
What popular vote majority did th...,
What seat majority did the conser...
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Political Developments: Conservative Oppositions to the GLC
What was the glc 1,
Were the glc part of the looney l...,
Name one thing that the glc funded 3
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Political Developments: Issues of Labour under Kinnock and Militant Tendency
Who was the labour party leader d...,
What was an issue with michael fo...,
What was an issue with the 1983 l...
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Political Developments: Rate Capping
What was rate capping 1,
Why did the conservatives introdu...,
What did liverpool do in 1985 3
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Political Developments: Changes to the Labour Party under Neil Kinnock
How did kinnock change the select...,
Why did kinnock introduce more th...,
Name 2 policies from the 1983 lab...
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Political Developments: The 1984 Conservative Party Conference
What month did the 1984 conservat...,
What was meant to be the main foc...,
Where did all conservative minist...
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Political Developments: Impacts of the Brighton Bombing
What was thatcher doing at 4 00 a...,
What did thatcher do after answer...,
Did thatcher postpone the conserv...
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Political Developments: Conservative Victim of the INLA
What happened to one of thatcher ...,
What was meant to be the role of ...,
Which group killed the minister 3
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Political Developments: Bobby Sands' Hunger Strike
Why did bobby sands do a hunger s...,
When did bobby sands do his hunge...,
What happened with sands hunger s...
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Political Developments: Enniskillen Massacre
When did the enniskillen massacre...,
What caused the massacre 2,
How many people were killed by th...
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Political Developments: IRA Tensions in Gibraltar
What happened in gibraltar in mar...,
How many people attended the fune...,
What happened during the ira memb...
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Political Developments: The Anglo-Irish Treaty
When was the anglo irish treaty c...,
Name the 2 people that signed the...,
Who was garret fitzgerald 3
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Political Developments: Reasons for Opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Who were unionists 1,
Who were republicans 2,
What did unionists dislike about ...
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Political Developments: Measures to bring Northern Irish Stability
What did the usa do for northern ...,
What was unemployment at in north...,
How many more catholics were unem...
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Political Developments: The Westland Affair
When did the westland affair occur 1,
Who was one of the people involve...,
What was the affair over 3
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Political Developments: 1987 Election Budget
Why was a pre election budget made 1,
Who was chancellor of the exchequ...,
What had lawson done economically...
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Political Developments: Reason for the 1987 Conservative Election Victory
What had labour tried to do to th...,
Which area of britain was thrivin...,
What were the conservatives promi...
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Politcal Developments: 1987 Election Results
Which party won the 1987 election 1,
How many seats did labour win 2,
What percentage of the vote did l...
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Political Developments: Losses for Conservatives in the 1987 Election
How many scottish seats did the c...,
How many scottish seats did the c...,
How many scottish seats did labou...
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Political Developments: The Departure of Whitelaw
Was whitelaw a wet or a dry 1,
Despite whitelaw being a wet how ...,
When did whitelaw leave office 3
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Political Developments: Before Poll Tax
What did the poll tax replace 1,
What were rates 2,
What had thatcher done to rates t...
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Political Developments: Reactions to the Poll Tax
Where did thatcher introduce poll...,
When did thatcher introduce the p...,
Why might the conservatives have ...
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Political Developments: Reasons for the Poll Tax being a disaster
Why was it difficult to track ren...,
Name a group of younger individua...,
What was an issue with enforcing ...
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Political Developments: Impact of Poll Tax on the Conservatives
What was all of the uk united on ...,
Name the group of thatcher s core...,
What happened in the conservative...
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Economic Developments: Thatcher's management of the economy 1
Name an entity present in busines...,
How many trade union members were...,
What sort of flation had trade un...
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Economic Developments: Thatcher's management of the Economy 2
How many council houses had been ...,
How many council houses had been ...,
When did the conservatives make a...
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Economic Developments: Thatcher's management of the Economy 3
What year was the loan guarantee ...,
What did the loan guarantee schem...,
What did the enterprise allowance...
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Economic Developments: Issues Thatcher wished to tackle
What did thatcher believe was the...,
How did thatcher try and solve in...,
What was the concept of monetarism 3
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Economic Developments: Initial impacts of Monetarism
What would it mean if the governm...,
Why was there a public sector bor...,
How would thatchers government re...
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Economic Developments: 1979 Budget
Who was the chancellor of the exc...,
What did howe do to interest rate...,
What was income tax cut to what w...
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Economic Developments: Income Tax from 1979 to 1988
What was standard rate income tax...,
What was standard rate income tax...,
What was higher rate income tax a...
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Economic Developments: 1980 Budget
How much money was taken out of p...,
How many people were unemployed b...,
Which 2 areas of the uk were wors...
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Economic Developments: 1981 Budget
How was howe s 1981 budget signif...,
What did howe announce about taxe...,
Why did howe announce this about ...
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Economic Developments: The Housing Act of 1980
When was the housing act introduc...,
What did the housing act allow co...,
What range of percentage discount...
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Economic Developments: Further Housing Policies under Thatcher
How many council houses had been ...,
How many council houses had been ...,
When did the conservatives make a...
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Economic Developments: Impacts of the Housing Acts
How many more people were homeles...,
Why did many people become homele...,
What statistics shows there was l...
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Economic Developments: Evidence of Economic Inequality
How much did the average incomes ...,
How much did the average incomes ...,
Which area of britain was more li...
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Economic Developments: Changes to Welfare
What did thatcher believe the wel...,
Why did thatcher believe the welf...,
Why did thatcher believe she was ...
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Economic Developments: The Significance of North Sea Oil
When had oil been discovered in t...,
When did britain start to feel th...,
How much money was oil pouring in...
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Economic Developments: Short and Long-Term Impacts of the 1980 Steel Strike
Why were steel trade unions impac...,
What was the positive short term ...,
When did the steel workers strike...
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Economic Developments: The Decline of British Industry in the 1980s
What percentage of world trade sh...,
What percentage world trade share...,
How much did investment in britis...
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Economic Developments: Differences between Demand-Side and Supply-Side Economics
When were demand side economics p...,
What did demand side economics be...,
When were supply side economics i...
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Economic Developments: Overview of Changes to The Britsh Economy
What 2 large events did thatcher ...,
What was deregeulation 2,
What was privatisation 3
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Economic Developments: Reduction of Taxes under Thatcher's Government
How much was income tax for highe...,
How much was income tax for highe...,
How much was income tax for highe...
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Economic Developments: Inflation from 1979-1990
What did the conservatives use in...,
What would happen with interest r...,
What were interest rates up to by...
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Economic Developments: Unemployment from 1979-1987
Why was there lots of unemploymen...,
Where were the majority of people...,
What percentage did manufacturing...
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Economic Developments: Schemes for Entrepreneurs
What did the loan guarantee schem...,
When was the loan guarantee schem...,
What did the enterprise allowance...
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Economic Developments: Financial Deregulation
What was financial deregulation 1,
What did financial deregulation d...,
Who was the london stock market o...
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Economic Developments: The 'Big Bang'
What was the big bang 1,
What caused the big bang 2,
When did the big bang occur 3
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Economic Developments: Privatisation
What was privatisation 1,
What was a benefit for the govern...,
What would it mean for public sec...
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Economic Developments: The 1984/5 Miners' Strike
When did the 1984 5 miners strike...,
What was the significance of the ...,
What did the coal board announce ...
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Economic Developments: Evidence of Divisions among the NUM
How many national strike ballots ...,
What was the case for the 3 ballo...,
What did scargill do in response ...
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Economic Developments: Reasons for the 1984 Miner Strike Failure
What was the overall idea of a st...,
Name an area where coal pits were...,
Name an area where coal pits were...
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Economic Developments: The Decline of Trade Unions
How many coal miners were there i...,
How many coal miners were there i...,
How many total trade union member...
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Economic Developments: The Wapping Dispute
When did the wapping dispute last...,
What was the situation for most n...,
Why was corruption in the newspap...
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Economic Developments: The Measurement of Unemployment
What had unemployment risen to by...,
What was unemployment potentially...,
Why were unemployment levels in 1...
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Social Developments: Developments for Women under Thatcher
How many women were appointed to ...,
How many months did the only fema...,
How many female mp s were there b...
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Social Developments: Changes to Social Services and the NHS
When did the government pass the ...,
What did the 1986 social security...,
How many people lived below the p...
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Social Developments: Developments for Gay people from 1979-1990
Why did gay equality movements in...,
How were gays targeted in the aid...,
Who caught aids first in britain 3
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Social Developments: Developments for Ethnic Minorities and in Immigration
What year were there many riots d...,
What was the state with the riots...,
What did whitelaw believe was cau...
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Social Developments: Extra-Parliamentary Opposition
What does epo stand for 1,
What is extra parliamentary oppos...,
What happened in terms of nuclear...
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Social Developments: Thatcher's Changes to Education
What year did thatcher bring a ch...,
What act did thatcher bring a cha...,
How can it be seen that social de...
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Social Developments: The Ageing population and the Family Unit
What fraction of the british popu...,
What was the average male life ex...,
What was the average male life ex...
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Foreign Developments: The Falklands War
What year did the falklands war s...,
What did the british government d...,
What did the removal of a british...
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Foreign Developments: Rhodesia and Developments with the USA
What had been the issue with rhod...,
Why was majority rule achieved in...,
What year was majority rule imple...
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Foreign Developments: Developments with the Soviet Union and Cold War
What was the main concern between...,
What did the ussr do in 1979 2,
What did the british government i...
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Foreign Developments: Developments with the EEC under Thatcher
What was the view of the drys ove...,
What was the view of the wets ove...,
What was the view of radical labo...
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Foreign Developments: The Commonwealth and China
Who had claimed gibraltar 1,
Despite being claimed by spain wh...,
How can it be seen britain treate...
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Foreign Developments: Cause of the Falklands Conflict
When did the falklands conflict s...,
What did the british government d...,
What did the removal of a british...
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Foreign Developments: Thatchers response to the Falklands Invasion
Who accepted full responsibility ...,
What had lord carrington previous...,
What did thatcher create to decid...
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Foreign Developments: The Impact of Thatchers Falkland Islands Response
What could the actions in the fal...,
What large country would need to ...,
Who won the falklands conflict 3
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Foreign Developments: Rhodesia
What had been the issue with rhod...,
When was majority rule implemente...,
Why was majority rule achieved in...
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Foreign Developments: Thatcher's View on Europe and America
What stance did thatcher have wit...,
What stance did thatcher have wit...,
Why might thatcher have been more...
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Foreign Developments: Britain's Relationship with the USA
Which president did thatcher not ...,
Who was president for the majorit...,
What was the situation for thatch...
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Foreign Developments: Evidence of Good and Tense Relations with the USA
Who was the president for most of...,
Did reagan have similar political...,
What problem arose in grenada in ...
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Foreign Developments: The First Gulf War
How did the falklands war benefit...,
When did the first gulf war start 2,
What started the first gulf war 3
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Foreign Developments: Attitudes to the Cold War
What was the main concern between...,
What did the ussr do in 1979 2,
What was the issue with the ussr ...
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Foreign Developments: Issues in the Soviet Union in the 1980s
What was the situation for the us...,
What was the situation for the af...,
How many soviet leaders died in t...
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Foreign Developments: Gorbachev
What did the ussr decide to do wi...,
Who did the ussr choose to be the...,
When was gorbachev born 3
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Foreign Developments: Thatcher's Role in the Cold War
When did thatcher and gorbachev f...,
What did thatcher say about gorba...,
What was significant about thatch...
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Foreign Developments: Overview of Issues with Europe
Did britain have good relations w...,
Name a speech which negatively im...,
How did howe feel about britain a...
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Foreign Developments: Views on Europe in The Conservative Party
What was the view of the drys ove...,
What was the view of the wets ove...,
What was the view of radical labo...
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Foreign Developments: Britain's Relationship with the EEC
How did the conservatives appear ...,
How had labour been towards the e...,
What did the eec say about britai...
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Foreign Developments: The Single European Act
When was the single european act ...,
What did the single european act ...,
Why was the single european act c...
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Foreign Developments: The Exchange Rate Mechanism
When was the erm created 1,
What was the purpose of the erm 2,
When did thatcher agree to enter ...
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Foreign Developments: Impact of Poor European Relations on Thatcher's Government
What was the situation for thatch...,
What was the situation for cabine...,
What was the first event showing ...
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Foreign Developments: Attitudes to the Commonwealth
Name 2 overseas territories brita...,
Who had claimed gibraltar 2,
Despite being claimed by spain wh...
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Foreign Developments: Agreement with China
What was the agreement over 1,
When was this agreement made 2,
What did the agreement say 3
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