Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German reunification

The fact that Thatcher didn't want reunification is spoiled by the title - Thatcher was not Britain. I know many, many people and I know that they as well as millions of other Briton's stayed up that night when the wall came finally down."Two months before the fall of the...

Margeret Thatcher Leaves Hospital

Baroness M. Thatcher has been reported to have left the hospital after breaking her arm two weeks ago. She was spotted in a pink cardigan waving to well-wishers in front of her home in London.

Thatcher axed by BBC's One Show for racist jibe

No, not Maggie! Her daughter, Carol. "Carol Thatcher will no longer work on The One Show after being reported for making an off-air remark, the BBC has announced. The daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher referred to a tennis player as a "golliwog" backstage...

Miliband: I toned down conference speech to avoid 'Heseltine moment'

More drama from the Labour Party conference in the UK, as Gordon Brown tries to save his job and David Milliband tries to convince the media that he is not gunning for it. Embarassingly, Milliband was overheard...

Labour in civil war as rebels attempt to remove Gordon Brown

Just as Tories did to Maggie Thatcher in the past, Labour rebels MP gather to plot on the removal of imcumbent Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Apparently, the 45 rebel labour MP are led by Jim Dowd and Mr Stringer. "...

Gordon Brown blames Margaret Thatcher for poor social mobility

So Brown will blame low social mobilty on Thatcher which is maybe a bad move - true or not - as many will see him trying to shift the blame - true or not - for the drowing gap between poorest to richest on...

Equatorial Guinea Seeks Thatcher Arrest

Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is sought for trial by Equatorial Guinea over a failed coup attempt in 2004. "The country's attorney general said that Sir Mark, son of...

Thatcher held in hospital for tests

"The former UK prime minister, 82, was driven from her home to St Thomas's Hospital in central London, where she is said to be undergoing checks. In 2005 Lady Thatcher suffered a series of strokes and was...

Margaret Thatcher told navy to raid Swedish coast

TimesOnLine.co.uk–January 27, 2008 Pelle Neroth MARGARET THATCHER ordered the Royal Navy to land Special Boat Service (SBS) frogmen on the coast of Sweden from British submarines pretending to be Soviet...

Hillary Clinton the woman most admired by Americans: poll

"US Senator Hillary Clinton has narrowly beaten global television celebrity Oprah Winfrey in an annual poll to choose the woman Americans admire most. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who was killed Thursday in Pakistan, made it onto the list for the first...

Diogo Mainardi: "Como Me Tornei Num Porco Direitista"

Mainardi explica como se tornou a figurinha odiosa de direita, radical "názio-fascista": Maggie Thatcher, a filha do dono mercearia."Como me tornei num porco direitista Aconteceu em 1984. Eu era estudante de economia em Londres. Margareth Thatcher mandou fechar 20 minas de...

Tony Blair: Success or Failure

It looks like Mr. Blair has started a media war with his recent remarks concerning News media. This article from the Times online demonstrates this." “Bliar, the mendacious, spin-obsessed, manipulating fraudster who lied to take us to war, undermined our independent civil...

Punk, a paleo-neo-conservative movement?

In the eighties I discovered New Wave music. It was like a mass to me. I used to be a "discothèque" addicted in the seventies so I missed the initial punk offspring. I used to think they were a bunch of ...

Germany: Cloaking PR as Grassroots Movement

What is in the mail sounds like student startup: New homepage “by students for  students”. It was the authors' intention, states the page, to make transparent how  German universities use tuition fees that had been introduced at most public  universities...

Falklands focus for Thatcher - The Movie

After the success of The Queen, it was probably inevitable. And yesterday it was announced that Thatcher - The Movie is under way.

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