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4 giorni fa · Thatcher was heir to the imperial British ambition of the Anglo-Zionist empire. The history of the British imperial project, as Jeffery Sachs and many others have pointed out, revolved in great part around the idea of containing Russia, preventing Russia from expanding toward British controlled parts of the world—especially India.
5 giorni fa · Margaret Thatcher: Complete Public Statements, 1945-1990, is a massive quantitative and technological leap beyond all such efforts that have come before. Compared to Peel's 697 speeches, and Churchill's 2,360, Thatcher's Complete Public Statements contains 7,564 records - over three times the number in Churchill's Complete Speeches ...
5 giorni fa · Edgerton seeks to explain how a British nation was constructed after 1945, emerging out of the British Empire and the global, free trade economy which had been constructed during the 19th century. By contrast, the British nation rejected imperialism and cosmopolitanism.
3 giorni fa · The new book examines the escalating tension between the broadcast media and the Thatcher government over various flashpoints in the Northern Irish conflict, including the 1981 hunger strike by IRA prisoners; a deadly IRA bombing attempt that Thatcher narrowly escaped; the killing of three Provisional IRA members in Gibraltar ...
2 giorni fa · Smaller actors, like the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was dead set against unification, and French president François Mitterrand, who attempted to slow down the process, really did not count for much.
Neil Howe has said that 4th turnings see the transition of fortunes from old to young, looking at Britain’s two parties. That’s probably a good take, the Conservatives introduced voter ID as a form of gerrymandering by age (which backfired), they assumed that people over 50 have a driver’s license or a passport and under 30s don’t.
4 giorni fa · Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving from 1979 until 1990. Her legacy is still a source of great dispute. While some regard her as a skilled politician who altered Britain’s economy and politics, others see her as the country’s worst Prime Minister, responsible for widespread social and economic upheaval.
