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General elections
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First Thatcher Ministry
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Split of the Labour Party
There was a new challenge in the SDP–Liberal Alliance, formed by an electoral pact between the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party. -
Falklands War
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General elections
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Period: to
Second Thatcher Ministry
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Period: to
Economic boom
- Unemployment decreases from 3.3 M to 1.6 M
- Inflation reduced to 4% (2nd highest of the G7 countries)
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Period: to
Miner's strikes
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Brighton Hotel bombing
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Negotiation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)
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General elections
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Period: to
Third Thatcher's Ministry
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Poll tax implementation
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Conservatives move against Thatcher
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Thatcher's Resigation