Downing Street Years - Margaret Thatcher [549]
Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM): MT’s attitude, 63, 554; German views, 63, 83, 692; Lawson’s attitude, 554, 566, 691, 693–700, 709–13, 722; Major’s policy, 690; path to EMU, 690–1; discussions (1979–82), 691–3; arguments (1985), 693–8, (1989), 709–14; ‘Madrid conditions’, 712–13, 718, 719, 722, 723; discussion (1990), 719–21; entry of sterling, 721–4
Falklands crisis, Argentina embargo, 190–1, 223, 548
Franco-German axis, 61, 727–8, 759–63, 790, 814–15
Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, 545, 546
Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC), 549–51, 555, 711, 720, 725, 750–2, 759–61, 765–7
Monetary Committee, 721
monetary compensation amounts (MCAs), 336
Political Union (federalist project), 727–8, 742, 760–3, 814–15, 833
Single European Act, 555–7, 558, 741
Single Market, 551–4; MT’s hopes, 545, 547, 549, 745; implementing, 557; EMU, 708; progress, 727; Bruges speech, 745; Social Charter, 751
Social Charter, 750–2, 759–60
South Africa sanctions issue, 515- 16, 521–2, 534
sovereignty issue, 690
European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism (ECST), 401, 402–3, 405
exchange controls, see MONETARY POLICY
exchange rate, see MONETARY POLICY
Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), see EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and MONETARY POLICY
Exocet missiles, 212, 216, 226–7, 233–4
EXPO ’88, 505
export markets, 5, 689
Ezra, Sir Derek (Chairman NCB 1971–82), 140–1
Face the Nation, 771
Face the People, 586
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia (1982-), 818, 820–2
Fair Trading, Director-General of, 40
Falkland Islands: history, 174–5; Communications Agreement, 175, 197; lease-back proposals, 175–6; invasion, 177; retaken, 234–5; MT’s visit, 234
Falklands War: significance, 173–4, 235; task force, 179, 183, 189, 194, 201; War Cabinet, 188–9, 200, 209, 212, 221, 223, 224, 234–5; Haig negotiations, 188, 190, 191–200, 202–8, 210–11, 216, 217, 222–3, 224, 229–30; Haig proposals, 194–5; bombing of runway at Port Stanley, 212; Belgrano sinking, 214–16; Peruvian peace proposals, 215, 216, 217; Sheffield sinking, 216–17; SAS raid, 222; UK final proposals, 222–3; taskforce landing, 223–5; Harriers, 226, 227–8; Atlantic Conveyor loss, 227–8; Darwin and Goose Green retaken, 229–30; media reporting, 229–30; Bluff Cove, 233; Port Stanley assault and retaking, 233–5; ‘Falklands factor’, 264, 266; financing, 270; MT’s experience useful for Gulf War, 817, 826
Fallon, Michael, 856
Family Health Service Authorities, 608n
family policies, 282, 565, 628–32
Family Policy Group, 279
Fearless, HMS, 189, 248
Federal Reserve, US, 693
Fergusson, Sir Ewen (British Ambassador to France 1987–93), 843
Fianna Fail Party, 388
Fiat, 428, 430–1
Fieldhouse, Sir John (C-in-C Fleet 1981–82, Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord 1982–85), 189, 205, 214, 226
Fieldhouse, Midge, Lady, 205
Figaro, Le, 82
Financial Services Act (1986), 311
Financial Times, 138, 701, 715
Finchley constituency: MT’s work, 22; work during Falklands crisis, 224–5; election campaign (1983), 302, 303; Jewish population, 509, 577; twinning, 512; Ugandan Asian population, 517; election campaign (1987), 577, 587–8; rates issue, 644
Fine Gael, 388
Fitt, Gerry (Leader SDLP 1970–79), 395
FitzGerald, Garret (Irish Prime Minister 1981–82, 1983–87): EC budget, 337, 544; compared with Haughey, 388, 393; hunger strikes, 392; MT’s relationship, 393, 410; Northern Ireland discussions, 395–6, 398–402; Anglo-Irish Agreement, 402–5, 407; VAT issue, 538
Fletcher, Michael, 371
Fletcher, WPC Yvonne, 351, 442
FI-II aircraft, 239, 443, 445, 447, 772
Foot, Michael (Leader, Labour Party 1980–83): Falklands, 210, 224; Labour leadership, 265–6, 360; unilateralism, 267; election campaign (1983), 287, 295, 296; Maze hunger strikers, 391
Ford of Europe, 439–41, 679
Foreign Affairs Policy Group, 565
Forsyth, Frederick, 362
Forsyth, Michael, 620–3, 856
Fowler, Norman (Transport Minister 1979–81, Health and Social Security Secretary