Was Margaret Thatcherâs 1986 âBig Bangâ responsible for the banks collapsing in 2008? Monetary reformer and former Bank of England employee turned international consultant Muhammad Rafeeq. Wikileaks release searchable index of âThe Kissinger Cablesâ from and to Nixonâs Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who had a secret foreign policy of coups, massacres and death squads. Senior Italian judge says he has evidence that Ken Clarkeâs secret Bilderberg club were behind terrorist attacks across Europe as part of Operation Gladio. Anders Breivik massacre relatives prepare to sue Norwegian police & authorities. Julian Parry discusses the legacy of Margaret Thatcher who died on Monday. Several of the same individuals who removed Maggie over her attitude to European EMU integration involved in alleged illegal South African nuclear arms deal with Astra Holdings headed by former MI6 officer Stephan Koch. BBC make a documentary with The Guardian to mark the decade since the start of the Iraq war in March 2013 but then fail to screen it. Its content exposes appalling crimes by US Colonel James Steele in Iraq. Americaâs Hired Death Squads and Torture Teams Are Still Operating in Iraq â A 15-month investigation exploring war crimes long denied by the Pentagon lays out the tragic truth. James Steele: Americaâs mystery man in Iraq â video. Next Saturday sees Bristolâs Anarchist Bookfair 11am-6pm at the Trinity Centre at the East end of Old Market.
Britainâs first woman Prime Minister â the Margaret Thatcher timeline 1970 â Enters the Cabinet as Education Secretary 1975 February 11 â Elected Conservative Party leader, beating Edward Heath. 1975-9 â Leader of the Opposition 1979 May 4 â The Conservative Party wins the general election, Thatcher succeeds James Callaghan as PM 1980 â Buses deregulated and bus routes privatised 1980 â British Aerospace partly privatised 1980 â Local Authorities stopped from building council homes and tenants given âright to buyâ 1981 March â Prisoners at Northern Irelandâs Maze Prison go on hunger strike to regain status as political prisoners 1981 April-July â Urban rioting in Brixton, Toxteth and St. Pauls 1982 January â Unemployment tops 3 million 1982 April-June â Falklands War 1983 â Associated British Ports (ABP) privatised 1983 â Shipbuilding privatised 1983 June 9 â Second term as PM begins; the Conservatives secure a landslide election victory 1984-5 â Minersâ strike, amid the closure and privatisation of coal mines 1984 â British Leyland car manufacturers privatised 1984 October 12 â Narrowly escapes death after the IRA bombs the Conservative party conference in Brighton, killing 5 1984 November â British Telecom (BT) the old âPost Office Telecomminicationsâ is privatised 1985 June 1 â Battle Of The Beanfield â Britainâs traveller âpeace convoyâ destroyed in Wiltshire by violent police action, see âOperation Solsticeâ documentary 1986 January â Wapping dispute as Rupert Murdoch breaks the power of print unions, see âDespite The Sunâ documentary 1986 â British Airports Authority (BAA) privatised 1986 March â Abolition of the Labour controlled Greater London Council or GLC 1986 October 27 â âBig Bangâ deregulation of the City of London financial sector 1986 December â British Gas privatised 1987 January â After several programmes critical of the Thatcher governmnet Victor Rothschild & Marmaduke Hussey sack BBC Director General Alasdair Milne 1987 February â British Airways privatised 1987 â UK government majority share in British Petroleum (BP) privatised 1987 â Rolls Royce aero engines privatised 1987 June 11 â Wins third term as PM 1988 â British Steel privatised 1989 â British Aerospace fully privatised 1989 â Water Boards privatised 1990 â The Electricity Act began complex privatisation of electricity (except nuclear power generation) 1990 March 31 â Poll tax riots culminate in a 200,000 strong march on central London, see âThe Battle Of Trafalgarâ documentary 1990 October 30 â Thatcher âNo!, no!, no!â speech in Commons makes it clear she is set against European Monetary Union 1990 November 13 â Geoffrey Howe resigns in protest at Thatcherâs refusal to agree a timetable for monetary union 1990 November 14 â Heseltine challenges Thatcher for the party leadership 1990 November 28 â Thatcher resigns, despite having won the first ballot. She is succeeded by John Major 1992 â Thatcher leaves the House of Commons, joins the Lords as Baroness Thatcher 1994 â Praises Tony Blair and New Labour as her âproudest achievementâ
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