Downing Street Years - Margaret Thatcher [565]
Telecommunications Bill, 290
television, handling, 286–7; see also BBC, broadcasting, Channel 4, ITV
Territorial Army, 250
Thailand, MT’s visit (1985), 506
Thatcher, Carol, 24, 37, 71, 285, 414, 841
Thatcher, Denis: Commons confidence debate (1979), 3, 4; election victory (1979), 17, 18–19; Downing Street, 21; character sketch, 22–3; birthday (1979), 34; Chequers lunch (1979), 37; oil industry expertise, 65; US visit (1981), 160; Parkinson plaque, 311; Brighton bomb (1984), 380, 381; Harrods bomb (1983), 397; Gorbachev visit (1984), 461; Edinburgh Commonwealth Games visit, 520–1; African visits, 524–6, 528; election campaign (1987), 583, 588; golf with Bush, 810; Lord’s Taverners, 835; leadership election campaign (1990), 841, 845, 846; MT’s resignation, 856, 858, 860–2
Thatcher, Mark, 37, 700, 841, 861
Thatcherism, 13, 561, 572, 579, 599, 618–24; ‘Social Thatcherism’, 147
Think-Tank, see Central Policy Review Staff Thomas, George, 34
Thomas, Harvey, 285–6, 468, 580
Thomas, Vera, 36
Thompson, Brigadier Julian, 189
Thorn, Gaston (Luxemburg Prime Minister 1974–79, President European Commission 1981–85), 538, 542
Thorneycroft, Peter, Lord (Party Chairman 1979–81), 37, 104, 149–50, 152
Thyssen Collection, 633–4
Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), 494
Tickell, Sir Crispin, 170, 640
Tilney, Sir John and Lady, 37
Time, 159
Times, The, 82, 105, 138, 152, 186, 277, 282, 311, 778, 841
Tito, Marshal, 88, 161
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 485
Today programme, 586
Top Salary Review Board (TSRB), 417
top-slicing, see health Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ), 209, 212
Townend, John, 855
Toxteth riots (1981), 144, 145–6
Trade Disputes Act (1906), 102
Trade Union and Labour Relations Act (1974), 273
trade unions: legislation, 8, 97–108, 272–3, 279, 669; Prior’s relationship, 28; reform programme, 39, 40, 97–108, 150, 272–6, 284, 306, 572, 669; political levy, 274, 275–6; hard Left, 306, 339
Trades Union Congress (TUC): Heath government proposals, 7; trade union reform attitude, 99–100; political levy question, 276; miners’ strike (1984–5), 363, 372–3, 375–6; Delors address, 742
Trafford, Tony, 383
training: importance, 5; MSC, 31; teacher, 597–8; vouchers, 670, 831
Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs), 670
Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), 108–9, 355–7, 361–2
transport (urban) policy group, 282
Trident, 244–8, 267, 471, 472–3
Trollope, Anthony, 37
Trudeau, Pierre (Canadian Prime Minister 1968–79, 1980–84), 164, 169, 170, 300, 320–2, 453
Truman Doctrine, 481
Tsukuba Science City, 497
Turkey, Gulf crisis, 819, 823
Turnbull, Andrew (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1988–92), 717, 856
Ukraine: status, 801–2; MT’s visit (1990), 806–7
Ulster, use of term, 385, see also Northern Ireland
Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), 57, 401
underclass, 627, 661
unemployment: (1950s), 7; (1979), 52; cost, 123; (1981), 148, 153; (1982), 272; policy group, 282; election campaign (1983), 292; (1983), 315; (1986), 567; election campaign (1987), 583; Scottish, 618; (1987), 618–19; council estate culture, 671; (1988), 706
Union of Democratic Miners (UDM), 686
Unipart, 438, 439, 440
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 163
United Nations (UN): Iran hostages, 87; self-determination principle, 174, 195; Falklands issue, 182–3, 211, 216, 821; Security Council Resolution 502, 182, 193, 203, 209, 210, 213, 226; Security Council Resolution 505, 225–6; Falklands cease-fire Resolution veto, 231–2; disarmament session, 236, 267; Grenada, 329; Security Council Resolution 242, 509; Namibia, 528; Gulf crisis, 818, 821, 827–8; Security Council Resolution 661, 821; Security Council Resolution 665, 823; UN Children’s Summit, 826
United States of America: economy, 7, 322, 693, 739, 782; Suez, 8, 437; Vietnam, 9; Irish-Americans, 58, 166, 384, 415; Iran hostages, 69, 86–8, 156, 825; MT’s visit (1979), 86–7; MT’s visit (1981), 158–60; interest rates, 165, 693; Argentina relations, 176–7, 179–80, 188, 323; Falklands