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The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on June 14, In the end, Argentine military personnel, British troops and three Falkland Islanders were killed in the conflict that returned the islands to British control. Her quick response to the South Atlantic conflict and swift victory led to a surge in her popularity and subsequent reelection in We would get the islands back.
I don't think any other British leader at that time would have handled things quite as clearly. Above all, Collins adds, the events of the war vindicated her. She was seen as enormously tough and resourceful, someone you would not take on if you were wise. They were both very critical of the Communist policies of the Soviet Union, which had been involved in a kind of "Cold War" with Western Europe and the US since the late s.
By "Cold War" people meant a conflict that didn't involve actual fighting directly between the powers themselves, but lots of tension and threat all the same. MT now began her last term in office. There were huge reforms of education, local government and health care, all of them very controversial.
One was quickly reversed - the introduction of a new way of paying for local government, "the poll tax" - but the others have lasted longer and governments after hers built on them. There were big disputes between MT and her closest colleagues over Britain's relations with the European Community EC , which we had joined in MT had become more and more critical of the EC over time and made a speech at Bruges in September which began to turn her party into a 'Euro-sceptic' one.
In these years the Cold War began to come to an end, an event in which MT played her part. She helped to strengthen of the Western alliance against the Soviets in the early s by supporting the strong defence policies of Ronald Reagan and then helped to encourage a peaceful solution to the conflict when a new and much friendlier leader emerged in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.
She invited him to Britain in December and said afterwards he was a man she could do business with. You can see from the photo that they got on well. By late , the Cold War was over. But that event triggered new arguments about Europe, as France revived the idea that there should be a single European currency to limit the power of Germany which had been divided till the end of the Cold War.
As a result, divisions over European policy within the British Government were deepened. In the vote that followed, she won a majority. Yet under party rules a second vote was still required. Receiving the news at a conference in Paris, she announced straight away that she would fight on. But a political earthquake occurred the next day on her return to London, when many colleagues — unsympathetic to her views on Europe and doubting that she could win a fourth election — suddenly deserted her leadership and left her no choice but to withdraw.
She resigned as PM on November 28 After Lady Thatcher as she became remained a powerful political figure. She wrote two best-selling volumes of memoirs - The Downing Street Years and The Path to Power - and for 12 years toured the world lecturing.
Denis Thatcher, her husband for more than fifty years, died in June She was very sad to lose him. People still argue a lot about MT. Critics claim that many of her policies were too harsh and hurt people. Defenders say she made the Britain economy work much better and that made most people better off. But critics and supporters agree in thinking that MT's time as PM was very important in British history. She was not very well in her last years and became quite forgetful.
But she still enjoyed life and had many friends and admirers. She died in April and was buried in a grand ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral.
The Queen attended, as well as the Prime Minister and many famous people from all over the world. Her coffin was carried by soldiers from the Welsh Guards, a regiment which had fought bravely in the Falklands War. Email us the result and we will tell you how many you got right.
She was worried she might forget her lines so jotted down notes on a tiny card also on this site. Can you spot when she glances down at the card?
News had just come in that we had recaptured one of the islands invaded by the Argentinians. The war was not yet over, but it was good news. She had already decided to resign when she made this speech, which was hugely admired for its courage and style. Skip to main content.
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