Word: thatcherism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wooing of the Saudis absorbed the British government at every level. Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul al-Saud attended the races at Ascot last month as the guest of Queen Elizabeth II. Having visited Saudi Arabia to press for the sale in 1986, Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was not about to fall in line with the U.S. in this case, as she has on other issues. She is determined that nothing go amiss with a deal that promises to create 50,000 British jobs...
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government promised "a very, very deep and far-reaching inquiry." Questions arose about safety stadards in the high-risk industry, and opposition politicians claimed safety was neglected...
...bloodiest attack since last November, when a bombing at a war memorial ceremony in Enniskillen claimed the lives of eleven civilians. In Lisburn, I.R.A. operatives evidently managed to attach a bomb to the van's chassis while it was parked, unattended, during the races. In London, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called the attack a "terrible atrocity" but rejected calls in Parliament for the internment without trial of suspected terrorists in Ulster. In the war against I.R.A. terrorism, said Tom King, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, "there is no shortcut...
...Union Jack colors -- had been detained for drunkenness, looting and fighting. One Irish fan died, drowning in Frankfurt's Main River apparently while intoxicated. The rowdies left a trail of destruction that included dozens injured and hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property damage. Outraged, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told the House of Commons, "The scenes that we have seen on our television screens are a disgrace to civilized society and make us feel ashamed that any of our people were involved in them...
True enough. By midweek Thatcher, Sports Minister Colin Moynihan and other Cabinet ministers had drawn up a five point proposal. Among the suggestions: travel restrictions on convicted hooligans, further clampdowns on admission to matches at home, and the withdrawal of English national teams from Continental ) play, perhaps even from the 1990 World Cup in Rome. For its part the U.E.F.A. announced last week that the club competition ban against England would continue. The louts had bashed any argument that might have been made to end the proscription...