The Brighton bombing 40 years on: ‘No politician today would step on stage like Thatcher did’
I was there when the bomb intended for the PM detonated – and witnessed the decision that reinforced the myth of her ...
The day Margaret Thatcher’s life was saved by an accident of architecture
Tebbit’s wife Margaret was among the 32 people injured in the blast. She was paralysed from the chest down and used a ...
Thatcher's response to bomb attack 'like Trump's fist raise' after assassination attempt, says ex-aide
Margaret Thatcher was the target of an IRA bombing at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, and her response to the attack has been ...
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Ben Lowry: I fear that the Brighton bomb weakened Margaret Thatcher’s resolve over Northern Ireland
It did, and she arrived to an ovation. I remember reading the then Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s message saying she was right to continue as normal, saying that to do otherwise would be a victory ...
'We immediately knew it was a bomb'
I had never heard one before, but we immediately knew it was a bomb. "I looked up at my colleague Glynn and he looked like an ...
Brighton Bombing: Gosport man recalls how he was nearly killed along with Margaret Thatcher
A night porter working during the Brighton Bombing at the Grand Hotel in 1984 has recalled how he was nearly killed before ...
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Thatcher’s speech after bomb blast ‘like Trump’s raised fist’
Margaret Thatcher resuming the Tory conference hours after she was targeted in an IRA bomb attack was like Donald Trump raising his fist after his assassination attempt, her then-principal private ...
First Look At ‘Succession’s Harriet Walter As Margaret Thatcher In Channel 4’s ‘Brian & Margaret’
Channel 4 has released a first look at Harriet Walter as Margaret Thatcher in its James Graham drama ‘Brian and Margaret.’ ...
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Downton Abbey star transformed into Margaret Thatcher in first look at Channel 4 period drama
The 74-year-old actress, famed for her role as Lady Shackleton in Downton Abbey, will be stepping into the shoes of former ...
As our problems grow, the space for leadership shrinks
Winston Churchill became leader of the Conservative Party 40 years after he first entered Parliament; Edward Heath after 15 ...
Thatcher speech after Brighton bomb 'like Trump's fist raise'
Margaret Thatcher's choice to resume the Tory conference after the bombing 40 years ago was a signal she would not be stopped ...